{"id":5081,"date":"2023-08-24T06:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2023-08-24T06:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:11:14","slug":"8-24-2023-the-2024-ford-frc-grant-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/2023\/08\/24\/8-24-2023-the-2024-ford-frc-grant-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"8.24.2023 &#8211; The 2024 Ford FRC Grant is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ford FRC grant for 2024 is now open. I was asked to quickly pass the details along to you:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello FiM FRC Teams!<\/p>\n<p>Ford Motor Company is reaching out to all FiM FRC FIRST teams this year to invite you to apply for the 2023-2024 Ford FIRST Team Sponsorship!\u00a0 To qualify, you\u00a0must have an active Ford employee or retiree as a mentor\u00a0and complete the following application\u00a0<strong>by Saturday, September 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 11:59pm<\/strong>.\u00a0 Please note &#8211; applications cannot be submitted by current Ford or agency employees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2lKjywv957G0COvBNBCYFSo-8DX2L2YGz9GgSQuV7bY_RaIAnigGkjJ7eWM6UAMyhYzn1N2eCmb7NsiBcAwO6wmqSftJ0j-r27W84j1xNTZT41w142WQ-R_l5ksL8lViU8bfHRB5OcdWHVB3UJiQjKTMoop_mw-lNzrczwLhIWaalKmwRwwKZ6qUyUBRPLoZkt99yOA\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/firstinmichigan-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2lKjywv957G0COvBNBCYFSo-8DX2L2YGz9GgSQuV7bY_RaIAnigGkjJ7eWM6UAMyhYzn1N2eCmb7NsiBcAwO6wmqSftJ0j-r27W84j1xNTZT41w142WQ-R_l5ksL8lViU8bfHRB5OcdWHVB3UJiQjKTMoop_mw-lNzrczwLhIWaalKmwRwwKZ6qUyUBRPLoZkt99yOA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692966413355000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uK5In0UMnJs0R5dvnx8u_\">Direct Link to Application<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ford FIRST Board will inform teams if they have been awarded Ford Sponsorship by October 13th and funds will be distributed in November. The Ford Sponsorship provides FRC teams with\u00a0$3,000 which will be distributed through FIRST HQ (you will be able to view in your FRIST Dashboard).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns through the application process, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ffirst@ford.com\">ffirst@ford.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:stem@ford.com\">stem@ford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From all of us on the Ford FIRST Board and the Ford STEM Office, we hope you have a fun and safe start of the school year and we are looking forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ford Motor Company | Ford FIRST Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ffirst@ford.com\">ffirst@ford.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2ZhC3ocJZM2Q_tLaseDS3lDZXh8JCddAW4aRUhWtBQRfVaIAnigFFkfj0UiM0ApveVoJrheU8XB1xY0886Xns0ET2j0AkOQw5_orEkweReBjRJpQtNRmJCqh9ApXYMt68zQB8q_3VxSyELUvHelmhr5AKetemEnYm2fsWe-QF8KIxbWEWkE5u6y3LsBbBTWhpdNZltq80MSabvBL4B-1VIg8_IsjILiDo3ITSzcwCRBWCglCazZ3ioVL7YKU\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/firstinmichigan-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2ZhC3ocJZM2Q_tLaseDS3lDZXh8JCddAW4aRUhWtBQRfVaIAnigFFkfj0UiM0ApveVoJrheU8XB1xY0886Xns0ET2j0AkOQw5_orEkweReBjRJpQtNRmJCqh9ApXYMt68zQB8q_3VxSyELUvHelmhr5AKetemEnYm2fsWe-QF8KIxbWEWkE5u6y3LsBbBTWhpdNZltq80MSabvBL4B-1VIg8_IsjILiDo3ITSzcwCRBWCglCazZ3ioVL7YKU&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692966413355000&amp;usg=AOvVaw08uW0ldCU7_up7dHVCe58E\">Ford STEM Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Gail Alpert<\/p>\n<p>President, FIRST in Michigan<\/p>\n<p>248-425-4148<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gail@firstinmichigan.org\">gail@firstinmichigan.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ford FRC grant for 2024 is now open. I was asked to quickly pass the details along to you: Hello FiM FRC Teams! Ford Motor Company is reaching out to all FiM FRC FIRST teams this year to invite you to apply for the 2023-2024 Ford FIRST Team Sponsorship!\u00a0 To qualify, you\u00a0must have an active Ford employee or retiree as a mentor\u00a0and complete the following application\u00a0by Saturday, September 30th\u00a0at 11:59pm.\u00a0 Please note &#8211; applications cannot be submitted by current Ford or agency employees. &nbsp; Direct Link to Application &nbsp; The Ford FIRST Board will inform teams if they have been awarded Ford Sponsorship by<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/2023\/08\/24\/8-24-2023-the-2024-ford-frc-grant-is-now-open\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/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-5081","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081","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=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5082,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions\/5082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FRC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}