FIRST Tech Challenge Team Portal

Is your team paid and nationally registered in the Kansas/Missouri Region?
This is where you’ll find details about this season’s challenge and events happening in the Kansas City area. Your local contact is FIRST Tech Challenge Coordinator Phil Wood.

FIRST Tech Challenge’s structure differs from the other FIRST programs. Greater Kansas City and surrounding areas fall under the direction of the Missouri/Kansas FIRST Tech Challenge partner in St. Louis, with KC STEM Alliance providing boots-on-the-ground support and a dedicated group of volunteers who meet year-round to prepare for the local competition season.

The FIRST Tech Challenge Partner for Missouri and Kansas website has the most up-to-date region-wide information. Coaches will receive official emails from both FIRST Tech Challenge-Missouri (ftc@stlfirst.org) and local FIRST Tech Challenge Coordinator Phil Wood. Also be sure to follow us on Facebook at KansasCityFIRST!

SEASON INFO

This Season's Challenge

Congratulations! Your team registration means you’ve joined a community brimming with inspiration, creativity, and hope for a stronger, more sustainable future—one that’s built better together. You have the power to help the cities, towns, and places you call home reach new heights. With the support of the FIRST community, this is your opportunity to lead our future forward—and up.

This Season's Documents

ULTIMATE GOAL Documents

- Game materials such as field piece assembly and field dimensions
- Challenge information and rules (available 9/12/2020)
- Robot Building Resources
- Programming Resources

Consent and Release Form (Only needed if participants have not completed this online through FIRSTInspires.org)

This Season's Updates

Use these sites to stay up to date throughout the season:

FIRST Tech Challenge Forum: Ask questions, follow the topic threads
FIRST Tech Challenge Blog: See the latest news from headquarters

This Season's Grant Opportunities

FIRST offers grants to teams in their first season:

Rookie teams can apply for $275 to cover registration and $225 toward equipment.
Apply for this need-based grant here.

KC STEM Alliance offers grants for teams in a six-county area:

Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas
Jackson, Platte, Clay and Cass counties in Missouri
Grants are awarded to teams with underserved populations, younger teams, teams new to fundraising and teams doing fantastic outreach.
Learn more and apply here.
Deadline for the application has been extended to 10/9/2020.

See other grant opportunities for Kansas and Missouri teams under Grant Opportunities in Season Info section of our FTC Partner website.

EVENT INFORMATION

Season Kickoff & Training in Kansas City

The ULTIMATE GOAL ^SM season starts with the game reveal on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET on FIRSTtv.

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Remote Team Training: MO/KS Kick-off/Season Overview

Click here to view a PDF of the slide deck.

Or use the links below to check out the recordings from this event!:

MO/KS FIRST Tech Challenge Kick-off and Coaches Meeting (Coaches Meeting begins at 1:15:26)

MO/KS Game Manual and Game Questions

MO/KS Field Walk-through

Title League Play in the Kansas City Area

Title League Play

For the 2020-2021 FTC season, the Kansas City region will transition to Title League Play. More information to come soon.

Dates and times TBD

Registration for Title League Play

Registration for league events in Missouri or Kansas takes place through the FIRST Tech Challenge Partner. Please refer to http://stlfirst.org/ftc-team-portal-page under Competition Outline and the tab for Registration Fees and Event Selection Process to register.

Title League Results

Check out the Missouri FTC Scores site for event dates and results.

Off Season Opportunities

Watch the Events Calendar and Team News & Events page for events as they come up.

If you would like to participate in a off-season or STEM outreach event, we may be able to help. We can rent or loan items—from kits and parts to field components—to help teams and organizations in the area with STEM outreach and to make FIRST more widely known and accessible to all.

Please complete the Equipment Agreement Form and email to kcstem@kcstem.org. We also have space at the KC Engineering Zone for Open Fields or other STEM outreach events. Send us a note at kcstem@kcstem.org to find out more.

Out-of-Region Events (e.g., State, Worlds)

TBD.

QUICK LINKS

Missouri/Kansas Specific

MO FTC SCORES Tracks teams and event results throughout the season
MO/KS FIRST Tech Challenge Newsletter – Archive of MO/KS Team Emails
STLFIRST Includes MO/KS FIRST Tech Challenge Regional Partner information for FIRST Tech teams in Kansas and Missouri

Wider Scope

FIRST Tech Challenge @ FIRST Inspires: Program overview
ULTIMATE GOAL Game Page: Find game resources
ULTIMATE GOAL Season Team Webinar Recordings
FIRST Tech Challenge Forum: Ask questions, follow the topic threads
FIRST Tech Challenge Blog: Keep up with the latest news from headquarters
FIRST Tech Challenge Team Email Blasts: An archive of news sent to teams by headquarters
FIRST Tech Challenge on Reddit: Not an official FIRST site

FAQs and Calendar

How does a team get to State?

Teams advance to the state championship through their League Championship.

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