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Originally Posted by matthewdenny

I recently took a new job at a High School east of Canton, Ohio. I naturally talked up FRC and they are interested in starting a team. We are in the process of applying for the Rookie NASA grant, but I had a few questions.

1) If we are successful will the funds arrive in time to help with the cost of the registration that's due in November?

2) On the grant itself it asks for "Corporate/Mentoring Contact Information". Who can this be exactly? Can our primary contact also be the Mentor? Or is it specifically asking for a corporate sponsor that is mentoring? Can it be a individual that is mentoring without association with a company?

3)We had our first team meeting last Thursday, and haven't lined up much in the way of big sponsors yet. Does that stop us from being able to apply for this grant?

Given the priority to new teams the past several years, I'd say you have a great chance of getting the grant as a new rookie team.
If you receive the grant, you should be fine in not having to pay for the event first, then getting reimbursed.
However, you should develop a backup plan to come up with the registration fee in case you dont get it and have already started up a team.