 There is a national scholarship program to build leadership in young adults called the Sir Adrian Curlewis Scholarship.The scholarship program provides mentoring for one young person, over the age of 21 years, in each state in surf life saving for a period of one year.He was the first National Co-ordinator appointed in 1958 by HRH Prince Philip and the first National Chair for the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award – Australia from 1962 to 1973.