We finally have details for you on our MDE State Grant. As you may recall from my previous email, total funding this season is $4.4 million for public school districts and $300,000 for non-public school districts. For those of you that have asked, you have NOT missed the grant. We expect it to open around Nov 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below are the tentative funding numbers that have been submitted for final approval. The approved numbers will be in the RFP (Request for Proposal) which will be posted to techplan.org<\/a>, shortly before the grant officially opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.techplan.org\/edtech-initiatives\/rdi\/first-robotics\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n HIGH SCHOOL<\/strong> (2021 Registration Fee is $2,000) PLUS Note: Actual stipend and team support amounts may change based on availability of funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n MIDDLE SCHOOL<\/strong> PLUS Note: Actual stipend and team support amounts may change based on availability of funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n UPPER ELEMENTARY<\/strong> PLUS Note: Actual stipend and team support amounts may change based on availability of funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n LOWER ELEMENTARY K-3<\/strong> PLUS Note: Actual stipend and team support amounts may change based on availability of funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n PRE-K<\/strong> PLUS Note: Actual stipend and team support amounts may change based on availability of funding<\/p>\n\n\n\n As noted above, the actual award amounts may be adjusted based on availability of funding across all 99(h) programs once the grant closes and the MDE goes through an administrative review of all applications received. The stipend amount of $1,500 at all levels ​currently reflects the language of the grant that provides simply for stipends \u201cup to $1,500 for coaching per building per program level.\u201d It is anticipated that stipend awards across all 99(h) programs may look more like 2019-20 funding levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This funding is exceptional! Register this season to take advantage of it. Every team can also get a $450 NASA grant by filling out this short application before Nov 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/usfirst.submittable.com\/submit\/ba2b7e87-ad89-4a3a-b901-c540d6234bbd\/2021-frc-nasa-team-grant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n We created this guide to help you register your team through your dashboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRLtAcmL3b3hKtfRLXaDP-69qn7yc0F88f2iWLOAXXvw3elt_C6SnyojeS5K8QGnTKKiZC-L3X_XE1V\/pub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Feel free to reach out to me with any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Regards, We finally have details for you on our MDE State Grant. As you may recall from my previous email, total funding this season is $4.4 million for public school districts and $300,000 for non-public school districts. For those of you that have asked, you have NOT missed the grant. We expect it to open around Nov 12. Below are the tentative funding numbers that have been submitted for final approval. The approved numbers will be in the RFP (Request for Proposal) which will be posted to techplan.org, shortly before the grant officially opens. https:\/\/www.techplan.org\/edtech-initiatives\/rdi\/first-robotics\/ HIGH SCHOOL (2021 Registration Fee is $2,000)FIRST Robotics Competition teams will getRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-ericsavage","4":"post-4088","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4088"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4097,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4088\/revisions\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
FIRST Robotics Competition teams will get a maximum of-
$9,000\u00a0 Yr 1\u00a0
$8,000\u00a0 Yr 2
$7,000\u00a0 Yr 3
$6,000\u00a0 Yr 4
$5,000\u00a0 Yr 5 and beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$1,500 Coach Stipend
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIRST Tech Challenge teams will get a maximum of-
$4,000\u00a0 Rookie
$3,000\u00a0 Returning teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$1,500 Coach Stipend
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIRST LEGO League- Challenge teams will get a maximum of-
$800\u00a0 Rookie
$500\u00a0 Returning teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$1,500 Coach Stipend
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIRST LEGO League- Explore teams will get a maximum of-
$350\u00a0 Rookie
$200\u00a0 Returning teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$1,500 Coach Stipend
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIRST LEGO League- Discover teams will get a maximum of-
$400\u00a0 All teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$1,500 Coach Stipend
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gail Alpert
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