I have a question which is related to the NY Tech Valley Regional event and not the conversation about districts. NASA for 2016 is offering the Regional Challenge Grant for that Regional competition. I was looking into the grant requirements and found two conflicting pieces of information. I emailed the NASA grant contact last week, and the regional director of FRC asking for clarification on the matter and have not heard back from either. With the deadline quickly approaching, I thought I'd reach out to the community to find out if anyone else had any additional information or advice. Here's what I observed:
When following the link to the NASA Grants from the FRC Blast sent out to FRC Teams on Sept 11th, 2015, the following is read:
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http://frc-grants.arc.nasa.gov/rcs/directions.php
Definitions:
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Veteran - A Veteran Team is any team registered with FIRST that had their rookie year during the 2014 FRC competition season (the 2014 competition season refers to the season that began in January 2014) or earlier OR was a Rookie Team in 2015 and not funded by NASA.
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For the competition season, Regional Challenge Grants will be available to veteran teams for the following events:
NY Tech Valley Regional (Troy, NY) up to 10 veteran grants
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Our team has created a NASA login (to see the page I think you need to also) and began looking at the grant application, and the grant application reads the following:
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https://frc-grants.arc.nasa.gov/rcs/app/application.php
Types Of Sponsorship:
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Regional Challenge Grants:
Regional Challenge Grants will be available to Rookie Teams and Second-Year Teams for the following events: up to 10 veteran grants
NY Tech Valley Regional (Troy, NY)
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These pieces of information are not clear to me. Who may apply for a Regional Challenge Grant? A Rookie Team, a Second-Year Team, or a Veteran team?
Thanks,
Elizabeth