This scholarship contest is now open!

About the Scholarship

Dr. Marshall Foster, a leader in American Christian Tour guide training, understood the transformative power of walking in the footsteps of history.  He believed that these journeys could inspire a lifelong passion for history and faith. From Plymouth to Mount Vernon, these locations served as tangible reminders of those who sacrificed for the liberties we enjoy today.

Scholarship Criteria

  • Attend one of the East Coast 2026 ACTS TOURS student educational programs

  • Open to students entering grades 8 to 12.
  • Limited to U.S. Citizens.

  • Submissions should be emailed in PDF form ONLY by midnight January 18, 2026 to [email protected]

  • Winners announced February 18th, 2026. Please indicate tour code, school name or group you are traveling with in your email.

How to Apply 

  1. Click to download all instructions below.

  2. Complete all items on the checklist. 

  3. Email your submission in PDF form by January 18, 2026 to [email protected] 

  4. Please indicate tour code, school name or group you are traveling with in your email.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JANUARY 18, 2026

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“Last and not least, they cherished a great hope and inward zeal of laying good foundations, or at least of making some way towards it, for the propagation and advance of the gospel of the Kingdom of Christ in the remote parts of the world, even though they should be but stepping stones to others in the performance of so great a work.”

-William Bradford, explaining the reason for the Pilgrim Journey to Plymouth