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Gus Peters - Alumni Team 2337
Lillian Eckman - Alumni Teams 70 and 2337
Off season events and fundraising time! Listen to how these teams are spending their offseason educating and raising money for their teams! Time to apply for funding for Rookie FRC teams here:
The Rookie Grant is now LIVE! and the website has been updated:https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/grants.
Please share the information below with your teams.
Awarded teams will receive $6,000 in registration grants over the period of two seasons:
• $4,000 in season 1
plus
• $2,000 in season 2.
Teams must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
• Teams must be from a country that has an existing official FIRST® Robotics Competition event.
• Teams should have at least one committed Mentor.
• The application must include a copy of team fundraising plan.
Apply now! The grant application deadline is Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST. Teams will be notified about whether they are awarded the grant on Friday, November 10.
For more information and to complete an application, please visit https://usfirst.submittable.com/submit/90141/2018-first-robotics-competition-rookie-grant-application”
Here’s a short summary of the time line:
· Now Live, Friday, August 18th
· Closes: Thursday, November 2nd
· List to RDs: By noon on Monday, November 6th
· Feedback due from RDs: By noon on Wednesday, November 8th
· Teams notified of whether they receive the grant: Friday, November 10th
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