It appears that the St. Louis regional has just announced a new award program called Technology Innovation Award. The program requires a written description of a technical device used in their robot. There is a cash award of $5,000.00 to the winner and $2,000.00 to second place. The teams each get a cash award of $500.00.
There are no academic or financial need neccessary to qualify. WOW, I like that
There have information on their web site at http://technologyinnovationaward.org/