What is FIRST
What does FIRST stand for
F or
I nspiration And
R ecognition Of
S cience and
T echnology
Mission Statement
As a FIRST Team our goal is to
inspire in young people, their school and community an appreciation
of science and technology, and of how mastering these can enrich the
lives of all.
Competition Time
The FIRST Robotics Competition
is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and
young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and
competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding
experience and a lot of fun. The competition reaches more
than 250,000 students in over 2000 teams in 45 competitions. Our teams
come from over fifty countries including Canada, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Isreal,
the U.K.,Australia, and almost every U.S. state. The
competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots
of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring,
project timelines, and deadlines.
Colleges, universities,
corporations, businesses, and individuals provide scholarships to our
participants. In 2011, more 14 million dollars in scholarship opportunities are available.
Involved engineers experience again many of the reasons
they chose engineering as a profession, and the companies they work for
contribute to the community while they prepare and create their future
workforce. The competition shows students that the technological fields
hold many opportunities and that the basic concepts of science, math,
engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting.