[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Tyler 783

I would just like to point out to all Ontario teams that it explicitly states in more then one area who is eligible to apply;post-secondary institution, non-profit research institution, science awareness organization, industry or professional association, board of education or non-profit community organization supporting youth at-risk.

As seen by the above list any individual school would be unable to apply for funding. Though a board of education could apply for funding and possibly get enough money to have more then one of their schools run FIRST programs, such as FLL, FVC, and FRC. I suggest to any team that would like to get funding from this source, to first carefully read what is required, there is a long list of criteria which should be followed to the letter. Then with all this in mind (and if your really serious about it all the criteria met) you should approach your school board and ask them for their support.

This seems like a great opportunity for teams to get some much needed financial support, but there are some stringent criteria to follow, which seems to make it more difficult for FIRST teams to apply, but hey that's what FIRST is about, it's about overcoming obstacles right?

I wonder if a FIRST regional planning committee (in Toronto and/or Waterloo) would qualify as a science awareness organization? Or maybe NiagaraFIRST, or another Ontario organization with similar purpose?