[FRC Blog] Rookie Grants Available!

[jaredhk]

Posted by Frank Merrick, 8/21/17

@Frank Merrick

Rookie Grants Available!
Written by Frank Merrick
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FRC Team fundraising tip #23: Stand under a window from which a toddler in a natty cap is tossing fistfuls of benjamins

Are you starting a new FIRST Robotics Competition team, or helping one get started? We’ve got a wodge of cash for you!

Rookie Grants are now available. See all the details here, and find the grant application itself here.

Awarded teams will receive $6,000 in registration grants over the period of two seasons:

• $4,000 in season 1 and $2,000 in season 2.

Teams must meet the following criteria to be eligible:

• Must be a Rookie in the 2018 season

• Must be from a country that will have an official FRC event in the 2018 season

• Must plan to participate in at least one event for the 2018 season

• Must include a copy of team fundraising plan as part of the application

And to receive the second season of funding:

• Must share lessons learned after their Rookie season

Apply now! The grant application deadline is Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 11:59 PM EST. We won’t accept applications after this. We will notify teams whether they are awarded the grant on Friday, November 10.

Frank

[krf]

I may be incorrect, but isn’t the rookie grant smaller this season in this case for 1st year teams?

[devyntk]

@krf

I may be incorrect, but isn’t the rookie grant smaller this season in this case for 1st year teams?

I do believe it was a 5K grant last year (I might also be wrong), but I would much prefer this for newer teams to fully support them long term and set them up for success, rather than starting a team then just saying “it’s up to you now, kbye”.

[Andrew_Schreiber]

@jaredhk

Must include a copy of team fundraising plan as part of the application

Yes.

And to receive the second season of funding:
Must share lessons learned after their Rookie season

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[mdrc]

“Ex.: upload team fundraising materials to the FIRST Community website, post lessons learned to Facebook, etc.”

Posting lessons learned on platforms accessible to all teams? Sounds like a really good way to learn. Wonder if Facebook pages or the like would come of this. A community place to post FRC tips could be very helpful to teams to come!