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FIRST® is excited to announce a funding opportunity exclusively available to Rookie teams participating in the 2015 FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) season! Details about the FIRST® 2015 FRC® Rookie Team Grant: Awarded teams will receive $6,000 (restricted to registration) over the course of 2 seasons Teams will receive $4,000 in season 1...

US FIRST Robotics – Greater Kansas City Region Posting Date: 7/7/14 The Kansas City STEM Alliance is seeking qualified individuals to support the implementation the FIRST regional robotics initiative in the Greater Kansas City area. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a national...

KC STEM Alliance is currently looking for a FIRST AmeriCorp VISTA member to serve with our current member, Malcolm Strickland, from August, 2014 – August, 2015. FIRST VISTA members work to support and assist teams, mentors, coaches and volunteers with an emphasis on securing and sustaining...

Innovative competitions push students to build both technical engineering and creative thinking skills. When high school students from across the country gather to compete in the annual robotics championship hosted by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) it's clear they need the technical...

Instead of seeing 58 robots competing, Dr. Woodie Flowers sees 58 solutions to a problem he created. Flowers is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, original host of the PBS series “Scientific American Frontiers” and the co-founder and creator of the yearly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Melissa Ashcraft KC STEM Alliance 816-392-8682 ashcraftme@kcstem.org ­ Announcing March Robot Madness. It’s a whole new ball game at the Greater Kansas City Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition March 13 -15, 2014   Kansas City, Mo. (March 6, 2014) See action-packed, fast-paced matches between student-operated robots at the Greater Kansas City Regional...