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You have to have a Rockwell Automation employee as one of your mentors. Rockwell Automation sponsors all levels of FIRST. Once you have a Rockwell employee they can work with you to submit the application to the corporate office. Unless you already have a Rockwell employee working with you, you will miss the application deadline for this year.
If you are interested in trying to gain a Rockwell Automation mentor for your team please pm with your: team name and number, what FIRST competition you are in, school name and location, desired area of expertise, and an email address to contact a head team mentor. I will try to put the word out and what interest is your area. Please note it may take a while to locate an employee who is interested and most teams can speed this process up by having a parent or other resource who already works at Rockwell.