We're very excited here at WPI to be running an official regional tournament for 2010. We are racking our brains to come up with some new ways to make the experience even better for teams.
We hope to see many folks there! We welcome anyone to volunteer for any positions you are interested in holding. Please sign up in VIMS so we can get you started!
For teams, here are some of the latest things updates we've announced on our website (
wpi.edu/+firstregional) but you may not have heard of:
- Team grants to offset travel costs to the event (all teams attending are eligible and strongly encouraged to apply)
- Tournament-unique academic scholarships, including:
- $10,000 WPI Scholarship to one high school senior in attendance on a competing team. To be eligible, you must fill out the scholarship application (to be provided), have already applied for admission to WPI, and meet regular WPI admissions requirements.
- $5,000 SolidWorks/WPI Regional Tournament scholarship to one high school senior in attendance on a competing team. To be eligible, you must fill out the scholarship application (to be provided).
- $2500 WPI Scholarship to
each active student on the regional Chairman's Award winning team in celebration of those students' achievements in promoting the goals, mission, and ideals of FIRST.
- Teams may bring in their own food, pre-order boxed lunches, or purchase food on-site
- A minimum of 10 qualifying matches per team
- Discounted hotels within walking distance of the venue (less than $95 per night for a 4-person room)
- Shuttle service to all parking areas on campus