2016 NASA Grant Announcement Day

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Considering we pay FIRST a giant stack of cash every year, complaining is valid.
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$5k is nothing to fundraise as well (...)

The KOP and first event registration is about $5k. Is that 'a giant stack of cash' or 'nothing to fundraise'? 46% of FIRST teams only attended 1 event last year. $5k can make or break a team.

I agree that teams should work to have more funds than that, but for those that can't manage to do so, waiting to hear on grant money is a really big deal.