diff --git a/ui/core/app/router.js b/ui/core/app/router.js
index 8c575ea0e..e2bb6acda 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/router.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/router.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Router.map(function () {
       });
       this.route('scopes', function() {});
       this.route('edit');
+      this.route('new');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/new.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/new.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c518a483a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/new.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
+
+export default class ScopesScopeNewRoute extends Route {
+  // =methods
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new unsaved scope belonging to the current scope.
+   * @return {ScopeModel}
+   */
+  model() {
+    const { id: scopeID, isOrg } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
+    // NOTE: if the current scope is an org, we create a project, otherwise
+    // it must be global and we create an org.  Boundary does not support
+    // scopes under a project, so such a case is ignored.
+    const type = isOrg ? 'project' : 'org';
+    return this.store.createRecord('scope', { type, scopeID });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/new.hbs b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/new.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b33c28109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/new.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{{title (t 'titles.new')}}
+
+<Rose::Layout::Page as |page|>
+
+  <page.breadcrumbs>
+    <BreadCrumbs />
+  </page.breadcrumbs>
+
+  <page.header>
+    <h2>
+      {{t "titles.new"}}
+      <DocLink
+        @doc={{if @model.isOrg "org.new" "project.new"}}
+        @iconSize="large"
+      />
+    </h2>
+  </page.header>
+
+  <page.body>
+    <Form::Scope
+      @model={{@model}}
+      @submit={{route-action "save" @model}}
+      @cancel={{route-action "cancel" @model}}
+    />
+  </page.body>
+
+</Rose::Layout::Page>
diff --git a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/scopes/index.hbs b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/scopes/index.hbs
index 8f4969c7d..0b92f707d 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/scopes/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/scopes/index.hbs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <page.actions>
     {{#if @model.subScopes}}
       <Rose::LinkButton
-        @route="scopes.scope"
+        @route="scopes.scope.new"
         @style="primary"
       >
         {{t 'titles.new'}}
diff --git a/ui/core/tests/unit/routes/scopes/scope/new-test.js b/ui/core/tests/unit/routes/scopes/scope/new-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76ed6531b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/tests/unit/routes/scopes/scope/new-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Route | scopes/scope/new', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let route = this.owner.lookup('route:scopes/scope/new');
+    assert.ok(route);
+  });
+});