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
Frogs, Titans, Warriors and Airtime Interviewees:
Steve Angus – Lead Coach - FTC Novi Robotitans Team 11129
Ellyse Angus – Student event led - Novi Frog Force Team 503
Iris Denny – Event Student Lead – Livonia Warriors Team 2832
Aaron Jacobs – Director of Sales Marketing, Airtime Trampoline
Events coming up:
• Tue, Sept 19th – Back to school - FRC party for Novi Frog Force #503. Novi Airtime. Location open 3-9pm. Robotic teams onsite 5-9pm.
• Tue, Sept19th – Back to school - FRC party for Livonia
○ Warriors#2832. Westland Airtime. Location open 3-9pm. Robotic teams onsite 5-9pm
Team Links:
Novi Robotitans#11129:
Facebook groups-843910505785127
Twitter Novi_Robotitan
Novi Frog Force#503
Facebook FrogForce503
Website www.frogforce503.com
Livonia Warriors Team 2832
Facebook @livoniawarriors
Instagram @warriors2832
Twitter @LivoniaWarriors
YouTube @Livonia Warriors 2832
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