Boeing Grant Applications Begin Monday [Archive]

Ryan Dognaux

10-09-2009, 08:43

Again this year, Boeing will provide up to 100 grants to teams of high school students, with company employees as mentors, that are seeking to compete in a robotics contest arranged by FIRST.

Boeing mentors for both new and existing teams are encouraged to apply for a grant starting Monday through Oct. 26 using the application available on the FIRST@Boeing Web site. Applications will be reviewed by a committee with employee representatives from each region. Applicants will be notified of decisions in mid-November.

Boeing team grants do not cover registration costs for the FRC Championship Event or the cost of team travel to regional and national events. Contact Rhonda Beason-Jordan for questions not addressed in the Frequently Asked Questions section of the FIRST@Boeing.

If you have a Boeing mentor, make sure to apply for this grant!

David Brinza

10-09-2009, 12:41

Link for the complete story: http://boeingnews.***.boeing.com/...<snip>...090910a_first_p2.html

If you have a Boeing mentor, make sure to apply for this grant!
The link seems to be broken ("Cannot find server"). Is it Boeing-internal only?

Ryan Dognaux

10-09-2009, 12:52

The link seems to be broken ("Cannot find server"). Is it Boeing-internal only?

My mistake, it is an internal link. I believe Boeing mentors must apply if the team wants to apply for the grant. Teams - ask your boeing mentor for more information, I just wanted to let everyone know that this will begin on Monday.

Carol

11-09-2009, 08:58

My mistake, it is an internal link. I believe Boeing mentors must apply if the team wants to apply for the grant. Teams - ask your boeing mentor for more information, I just wanted to let everyone know that this will begin on Monday.

Can you post the text of the announcement? If it isn't against Boeing guidelines of course!

Ryan Dognaux

11-09-2009, 12:27

Can you post the text of the announcement? If it isn't against Boeing guidelines of course!

Pretty much everything that was important I already posted. The rest of the article just described what FIRST was. Boeing employee mentors have until October 26th to apply for a grant for their respective teams and the application will become available on Monday.

Rick TYler

11-09-2009, 14:17

Is Boeing doing grants for FTC?

Ryan Dognaux

15-09-2009, 10:30

Is Boeing doing grants for FTC?

These grants are only for FRC and cover registration and the kit of parts. I'm not sure if Boeing has provided other grants in the past as I just started working there a few months ago.

purduephotog

16-09-2009, 16:41

If someone from Boeing would PM me with some details I would like to provide what Boeing does to our Senior Leadership team- to give them an idea as to what our competitors believe in funding.

Who knows- maybe competition will help.

xitaqua

22-09-2009, 00:29

Hello purduephotog,

Take a look at Boeing Press Release to figure out what they do in regards to funding for FIRST Robotics , that you can take to your senior leadership :

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2009/q1/090227c_nr.html

Cheers,
Marcos.

Andrew Schuetze

04-10-2009, 20:38

I would presume that if Boeing intends to award 100 plus grants this year and that they don't likely have 100 plus facilities near FRC teams that a location can submit and may be awarded more than one grant.

Does anybody have knowledge of how many grants were awarded by a Boeing facility in their area last year? I ask because it appears that we may have a couple of teams attempting to get the local facility to submit grants. I want to verify that multiple awards can be made in an area/facility.

Thanks,

APS

rsisk

04-10-2009, 23:41

Andrew Schuetze

05-10-2009, 09:08

The grants are not given by local Boeing facilities, they go to a centralized team that review all the grants and allocate them based on the application, not which facility the Boeing mentor works for. At least that is how I understand how it works.

That is my understanding as well but I was wondering if two or more applications came in from one local facility if that would have any effect on the decision to award the grants. Having mentors support two or more teams increases the odds of one of them being funded but might be seen as diluting each application.

I'd like to hear from folks if last year a local facility had mentors who successfully applied for grants in support of two or more teams. Is there a listing of who received awards last year. I could do 10 minutes of research and settle this matter for myself if there is. So does anybody know of such a listing?

Thanks,

APS

Ryan Dognaux

06-10-2009, 09:07

That is my understanding as well but I was wondering if two or more applications came in from one local facility if that would have any effect on the decision to award the grants. Having mentors support two or more teams increases the odds of one of them being funded but might be seen as diluting each application.

I'd like to hear from folks if last year a local facility had mentors who successfully applied for grants in support of two or more teams. Is there a listing of who received awards last year. I could do 10 minutes of research and settle this matter for myself if there is. So does anybody know of such a listing?

Thanks,

APS

Multiple grants can be awarded from one Boeing site and as long as the individual mentors applying for the grants are heavily involved with each team, there shouldn't be any worry about diluting a team's chance for a grant.

rsisk

24-11-2009, 09:48

Just found out yesterday that our Boeing Grant came through for the second year in a row.... Thank you Boeing!

Andrew Schuetze

24-11-2009, 09:50

Is there a public listing somewhere? I am hoping that up to three or four teams receive Boeing grants this year here in San Antonio.

Congrats on you award:)

rsisk

24-11-2009, 10:10

We found out via an email from FIRST that our registration fee had been paid.

I haven't seen any public site yet announcing the grants.

Ryan Dognaux

01-12-2009, 10:43

We found out via an email from FIRST that our registration fee had been paid.

I haven't seen any public site yet announcing the grants.

I believe this is the way team mentors are being notified about the grants. I received a notification last Wednesday, so make sure your mentors have checked their e-mails recently as it was a Holiday weekend.

Andrew Schuetze

01-12-2009, 17:46

emails must be going out in batches as this week 2 of what I hope to be 3 teams recieved notice of Boeing sponsorship here in San Antonio. Yeah:D We got into the Boeing grant process late last year and didn't get any applications submitted. Hopefully this year we are 3 for 3 here in San Antonio, Texas.

rsisk

04-12-2009, 13:35

I haven't seen any official announcements from Boeing about the teams they are supporting this year. So maybe we can come up with an unofficial list here.

They certainly deserve credit and kudos for sponsoring many FRC teams in these tough economic times

So...

Thank You Boeing!

Signed:
FRC2493 Team Robokong
<add your team here>

BornaE

04-12-2009, 14:51

Ryan Dognaux

04-12-2009, 15:51

You can add FRC357. I've e-mailed a few people to see if I can get a full list compiled and will let you all know if I get it.

Madison

04-12-2009, 15:53

FRC488 receiving a grant as well. We were notified by FIRST HQ when our registration was paid.

rsisk

04-12-2009, 15:55

R.C.

04-12-2009, 17:22

FRC2493 Team Robokong
FRC39, The 39th Aero Squadron
FRC357
FRC488
FRC1323, MadTown Robotics

1323 would like to thank 2493 for in helping us acquire the BOEING grant, applying 2 hours before it was due was fun :ahh::ahh::ahh:

-RC

Carol

05-12-2009, 19:42

FRC2493 Team Robokong
FRC39, The 39th Aero Squadron
FRC357
FRC488
FRC1323, MadTown Robotics
FRC365

falconmaster

06-12-2009, 00:01

FRC2493 Team Robokong
FRC39, The 39th Aero Squadron
FRC357
FRC488
FRC1323, MadTown Robotics
FRC365
FRC 842 Falcon Robotics

Thank you Boeing!

hans4

06-12-2009, 23:51

FRC2002

Thanks a ton Boeing, you made our season this coming year possible!

rsisk

07-12-2009, 00:01

Thank you to Boeing for 2010 grant

FRC2493 Team Robokong
FRC39, The 39th Aero Squadron
FRC357
FRC488
FRC1323, MadTown Robotics
FRC365
FRC 842 Falcon Robotics
FRC2002

Just updating the list

jsasaki

07-12-2009, 00:21

We received our boeing grant last week which paid off our Hawaii Regional entrance fee and our KOP. Thanks Boeing

rsisk

07-12-2009, 01:42

Thank you to Boeing for 2010 grant

FRC2493 Team Robokong
FRC39, The 39th Aero Squadron
FRC357
FRC488
FRC1323, MadTown Robotics
FRC365
FRC 842 Falcon Robotics
FRC2002
FRC2439

Just updating the list

Ryan Dognaux

07-12-2009, 10:43

I've been told a full list of teams will be posted sometime this week. It's really great how Boeing committed to a 5 year partnership with FIRST to help support teams.

rsisk

07-12-2009, 10:49

Any idea where they are posting? Internally at Boeing?

Ryan Dognaux

20-10-2010, 15:31

I just wanted to remind all teams that have a Boeing mentor to apply for the Boeing FIRST grant by October 25th. Your team must have a Boeing employed mentor in order to apply for the grant.

Madison

29-11-2010, 22:23

Does anyone have any word on this grant? We applied again this season but haven't heard anything yet to my knowledge and I've not seen it mentioned anywhere recently.

With the first event payment deadline looming, it'd be great for word to get out about recipients sooner rather than later.

It's also entirely possible that I'm out of the loop on this on my team.

rsisk

29-11-2010, 23:12

Boeing grants are usually announced after NASA grants are announced. It's just the process they follow.

Madison

02-12-2010, 11:34

We received word late last night about the status of our Boeing grant applications, so others should be getting word soon if they haven't already.

Ryan Dognaux

02-12-2010, 16:05

We got the good news just a little bit ago! Boeing mentors should check their e-mail and expect one shortly if they have not already received one.

R.C.

03-12-2010, 00:11

1323 got some fantastic news as well.

Thank you BOEING!

-RC

Speeder

03-12-2010, 11:20

Team 316 will proudly be displaying Boeing this year!

Thanks Boeing

rsisk

03-12-2010, 11:29

To all the teams who received Boeing funding this year, take a few moments to find out who to send a thank you message to and make sure you do it soon.

You can ask your Boeing mentor who would be appropriate to contact and if that doesn't pan out, PM me and I will find the information for you.