**FIRST EMAIL**/Scholarship Info

[Rich Wong]

Greetings Teams:

FIRST Scholarship Alert

As of 1/10/07, there is over $7.8 million in scholarships offered to FRC students. There are 428 available scholarships offered by 73 colleges, universities, corporations, and professional associations.

Don't miss out on a chance to help pay for your college education. Apply for one or more of these 2007 FIRST Scholarships. Make your parents HAPPY. Make your team PROUD.

For details about each scholarship, visit the FIRST Website at www.usfirst.org and select Scholarships from the Quick Links menu.

Seniors: Note that the following schools have scholarship application deadlines in January and February:

Clarkson University 1/15/07
Farleigh Dickinson University 1/15/07
Florida Institute of Technology 1/15/07
Hampshire College 1/15/07
University of Missouri-Kansas City 1/31/07
Boston University 2/1/07
Grand Valley State University 2/1/07
Purdue University/Delphi Corp 2/1/07
Rochester Institute of Technology 2/1/07
University of Delaware 2/1/07
University of New Hampshire 2/1/07
Virginia Commonwealth University 2/1/07
Idaho State University 2/15/07
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2/15/07
Polytechnic University 2/15/07
University of Central Florida 2/15/07
University of Denver 2/15/07 (just recently extended)
University of South Carolina 2/15/07
Kansas State University 2/16/07
Florida Atlantic University 2/20/07
University of Toronto 2/28/07


Juniors: Note that the following schools offer scholarships to Juniors:

Colorado State University-Pueblo
Drexel University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
ITT Technical Institute (participating campuses)
Lawrence Technological University
Polytechnic University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Temple University

Mentors: Please encourage and assist students in applying for scholarships. And please help get this information into the hands of parents. They will definitely want to know about FIRST scholarships!

Go Teams!