After five years and 34 applications, we might have a grant problem...

[GeeTwo]

I know that in several years, we have had to return $2k per year in grants because of this. For $2k, it was not worth it for us to attend a second regional 5+ hours away. If you have two sponsors each paying $5k for event registration, it may become feasible to attend extra events, especially in relatively event-rich Michigan. (Bayou is the only regional in Louisiana or Mississippi; Slidell is just on the LA side of the MS border only a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico.)

[Rosiebotboss]

UTC allows you to re grant the money back to the team. I do it every year for my team.

Send an email to frcteams@firstinspires.org for instructions. (Or I think the instructions are in TIMS too.)

[MrBasse]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

I know that in several years, we have had to return $2k per year in grants because of this. For $2k, it was not worth it for us to attend a second regional 5+ hours away. If you have two sponsors each paying $5k for event registration, it may become feasible to attend extra events, especially in relatively event-rich Michigan. (Bayou is the only regional in Louisiana or Mississippi; Slidell is just on the LA side of the MS border only a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico.)

Thanks for the idea, don't know why I never thought of more events as a possibility. I guess I got used to just scraping by all these years.

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

UTC allows you to re grant the money back to the team. I do it every year for my team.

Send an email to frcteams@firstinspires.org for instructions. (Or I think the instructions are in TIMS too.)

Thanks for the info, good to hear it from someone with experience in the matter. We are super excited to be working with some staff from Pratt & Whitney and have been really impressed with all of our communications with UTC so far.