Robotics Education Project - FIRST Sponsorships

NASA Sponsorships for FIRST Robotics

Once again, NASA will be providing sponsorships to assist teams in developing self-sustaining FIRST programs in their local areas. These sponsorships cover the cost of one regional event registration ($5,000) and $1,000 for travel and materials. These sponsorships are targeted at new FIRST teams that need assistance in getting their program started within their local community. More information will be available in the coming weeks. Some important dates are listed below, along with the FIRST regional events that the NASA sponsorships will be applied to in 2004.

Teams may now pre-register and submit their NASA/FIRST sponsorship
applications at: http://robots.larc.nasa.gov
FIRST registration opens: September 29th, 2003
NASA sponsorship application deadline: November 7, 2003
NASA sponsorship announcement: http://robots.larc.nasa.gov

The following events will be providing NASA sponsorships for the 2004 FIRST season:

Annapolis, MD
Atlanta, GA
Cleveland, OH
Denver, CO
Los Angeles, CA
Portland, OR
St. Louis, MO

Curator: Cassie Bowman

NASA Official: Mark León

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Last updated 11/19/03