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Posted on the FRC Blog, 10/31/14: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-New-SWE-Grant

Something New - SWE Grant

Blog Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 - 08:27

Guest blogging this week is Carla Proulx from FIRST Marketing. Many of you may remember Carla from her FRC days but she is now the FIRST Alliance Manager, cultivating national Strategic Alliance relationships that play a key role in our success by creating teams, engaging mentors and most importantly, helping FIRST reach more students than ever before.

HOLA Teams and thank you Frank for the opportunity to share some exciting news with the FRC community.

I’m pleased to announce a brand new grant that is now open and available to both rookie and veteran FRC teams in the USA. Through the generosity of the Motorola Foundation and in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), this grant is meant to distinguish teams in the FRC program for their efforts in creating (rookie) or maintaining (veteran) team gender equality while additionally recognizing a woman driver within their ranks for her qualifications to represent the team in such an important capacity.

Additional details:

• Grant is in the amount of $1,000;
• Grant is eligible for re-grant and can be used for 2nd events;
• Submission deadline is 11:59PM EST on Friday, November 14th, 2014; and
• Email notification of grantees will be on November 21st, 2014.

The detailed qualifications/requirements along with the link to apply can be found here:

https://usfirst.submittable.com/submit/2b4381a2-e4a7-45f7-944f-55b52b5c4e07

FIRST is thrilled to collaborate with SWE on this groundbreaking grant and look forward to receiving team applications. Questions regarding this grant should be directed to submittable@usfirst.org and teams should reference SWE Grant.

Good Luck!

Carla

About SWE

For more than six decades, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has been the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. A not-for-profit educational and service organization, SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and receive the recognition and credit for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders. Visit www.swe.org to learn more about this valued Strategic Alliance.