Mount Everett Regional State Championship Winning Alliance March 16 2013
Congratulations on a Fantastic season

Robotic possibilities---Start with FIRST  
Founded 1989

• Headquartered in Manchester, NH
• 501(c)(3) public charity
• FIRST News and Notes-latest info!

Leadership 
Dean Kamen, Founder

• Walt Havenstein, Chairman of the Board
• Jon Dudas, President
• Board of Directors & Senior Management

Supporters
More than 90,000 volunteers make FIRST happen 

• FIRST is supported by a network of more than 3,500 corporations, educational and professional institutions, and individuals 

Programs 
Overview of all FIRST programs-great place to start
FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) for Grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)

• FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) for Grades 7-12 (ages 12-18) 
• FIRST LEGO League (FLL) for Grades 4-8 (ages 9-16; 9-14 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
• Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr FLL) for Grades K-3 (ages 6-9)
• FIRST Place for ages 6 to adult

2014 FIRST Scholarship Program 

• Nearly $15 million in college scholarships
• 925+ individual offerings
• 145+ scholarship providers 

Overall Reach - All Programs Combined 
294,000+ students

• 26,900 teams
• 24,300+ robots
• 65,000 Mentors/adult supporters
• 35,000 event Volunteers 

  FIRST Robotics Competition
2,400 teams

• 60,000 high-school students (Grades 9-12)
• 100+ Qualifying and Championship Tournaments
  


• FIRST Robotics Competition 
• Robots are built in 6 weeks from a common kit of parts provided by FIRST, and weigh up to 120 lbs. (excluding battery and bumpers) 

FIRST Tech Challenge 
2,100 teams

• 21,000 high-school students (Grades 9-12)
• Robots are built using a re-usable, modular robotics platform 

FIRST LEGO League
19,800 teams

• 198,000 children, ages 9 to 16* (Grades 4-8)
• From 50+ countries
• 560 Qualifying Tournaments; 117 Championship Tournaments; 3 Open Championships
• Autonomous robots are built using LEGO MINDSTORMS technologies 

*Ages 9 to 14 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico


 Junior FIRST LEGO League
2,600 teams

• 15,600 kids, ages 6 to 9 (Grades K-3)
• 80+ Jr.FLL Expos
• Participants design and construct a model using LEGO bricks and moving parts and present their research journey on a poster