[EricH]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Why isn't there one? The answer is seemingly simple: FIRST doesn't care whether your robot is student-built or mentor-built. If a team finds they function better with students building, that's great--but the process of students working with mentors is the part FIRST is really looking for.

This hits the nail on the head with a 20 pound sledgehammer. Inspiring students is the goal of FIRST. Someone said in another thread, "you can have a 100% student-built robot, but is every student 100% mentored?" FIRST wants students to work with mentors, not without them (or, for that matter, you could go the other way). If you really think they should have this type of award, ask them. (In the meantime, the only award you could get for this would be a Judges Award, if they decided to give you one. They could have one of those at one event be for a student-built robot, but that's not the same as a separate award.)