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Re: 2005 NASA Grant Recipients Released

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is there two separate grants? one from NASA and on from FIRST?
There is a $1,000 FIRST grant, that's seperate from the NASA grant, available to both rookie and veteran teams. However, it will not be awarded to a team that has received the NASA grant or any other FIRST grant. See the "FIRST Team Assistance Grant" on this page: http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/grants.htm

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I can only hope that they recieved it because others didn't apply...
801, 71, 135, 93, 16, 461, 399

These are the only teams under 900 received the NASA grant.

The numbers in bold are teams going to the West Lafayette regional, who received the grant. Entertain the possibility, for a second, that there weren't many teams - let alone many new teams - that applied for the grant, for W. Lafayette regional. Subsequently, the grants were ... granted to the teams who did apply, low numbers and all, so as not to waste the grants and as an incentive, perhaps, for more first and second year teams to apply for the grants next year.

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Some grants were given to established teams as an incentive to attend one of the new regionals.
Then why were there hardly any other 'established teams' who received the grant, outside of the West Lafayette regional? There is more than one new regional this year, is there not?

In any case, congrats to both the low and high-numbered teams who did receive the grant.
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Re: 2005 NASA Grant Recipients Released

My understanding is that Rookies, second year teams, and "High Number" teams seeking their second year of funding take priority. So I think this means that there are not many rookies at the regional that you are discussing.

For example Team 341 has applied for the past 2 years to receive our second year grant at Chesapeake, but have been rejected in favor of rookie teams both years. This is because there are many more rookie teams at Chesapeake.
(and they should receive these funds)

I also would not make assumptions about other teams finances. People often assume that we are well funded because we have big names on our shirts. We however receive only partial (and much appreciated) funding from these companies. The majority of our money comes from our own fundraising ideas.

Although we seem very together and organized, we barely make our budget each year. In fact last year we had to beg in our community to make it to Nationals.

Anyway this is my way of saying congrats to anyone that can manage to get a grant. It is a tough road for the majority of teams out there.
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Re: 2005 NASA Grant Recipients Released

I am assuming that the selections were made based on a regional by regional basis. For instance there were probably a high number of teams who applied for Chesepeke, which made it more difficult for a team with a low number to gain favor...as where the competition that Beatty and Hammond applied for must have had a low number of applicants, allowing for Beatty to attend even with the number of regionals they had already registered for.

At least I hope this would be the case...


With that said, I really wish that some company would come up with some form of aid to help dying teams who have been around for a long time. It seems like we are running into more and more of these teams every year...its a shame to see such traditions falling apart because resources just can't hold up anymore.

I'm not trying to sound bitter, but it just seems like everyone is throwing money at the newer teams and the old dogs who have paid their due are now forgotten.

Congrats to all the teams who recieved the grant, make us proud by showing why you earned that money!
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Re: 2005 NASA Grant Recipients Released

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With that said, I really wish that some company would come up with some form of aid to help dying teams who have been around for a long time. It seems like we are running into more and more of these teams every year...its a shame to see such traditions falling apart because resources just can't hold up anymore.

I'm not trying to sound bitter, but it just seems like everyone is throwing money at the newer teams and the old dogs who have paid their due are now forgotten.
The FIRST grant is a good place for the older teams to go, but that only covers 16% of the cost now. In a best-case scenario, these NASA grants would be able to expand from the 'developing' regions to all regions of the world.

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Once again, NASA is providing sponsorships to assist teams in developing self-sustaining FIRST programs in their local areas.

These sponsorships cover the cost of entry to one regional event ($6000.00) as well as the kit of parts. These sponsorships are targeted at new FIRST teams that need assistance in getting their program started within their local community.
There are many more regions out in the world that need help with funding to keep themselves alive. Who knows what can happen in the future- maybe more companies can join into donating funds to develop new regions. One such place that I believe could use some assistance for survival is the Israeli region. But, we have to be reminded of the positives of these grants, no matter who receives them: They greatly benefit to the sucess of a regional by allowing many more teams to be there to participate. Congrats again to all recipients

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Re: 2005 NASA Grant Recipients Released

I saw this thread, and I don't know Beatty's financial status either, but I will agree with OZ_341 about not assuming about team's finances. For example, my team, #16, received a grant, and in the past we'd never really considered the possibility we'd need one. This year however, our financial situation is... vastly different, and we greatly appreciate the NASA money, which has now made it possible for us to attend two regionals.
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