{"id":5492,"date":"2021-11-21T04:08:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:44:16","slug":"11-22-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/2021\/11\/21\/11-22-21\/","title":{"rendered":"11.22 Team Eblast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"print-this-page\">\n<p><strong>Toyota Grant\u00a0 l\u00a0 MDE FIRST Robotics State Grant\u00a0 l\u00a0 FiM FTC Rookie Team Grant<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/grants\/\">GRANTS<\/a> page on this site for details and application procedures for all grants.<\/div>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>TOYOTA TEAM GRANT<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<div>\n<p>Toyota is pleased to offer a state-wide grant to new and returning\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em> in Michigan middle and high school teams intended to expand and sustain STEM access in rural and urban communities. This grant will close for application on December 1.<\/p>\n<p>The grant provides up to $300 in funding for selected new\/returning middle school\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em>\u00a0Tech Challenge (FTC) teams and up to $500 for selected new\/returning high school\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em>\u00a0Robotics Competition (FRC) teams.<\/p>\n<p>APPLICATION:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeDLMU_oZBMCCsHA9IwYTdVp0PPaUt0T5u_ivI0b7sQLDxN-w\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toyota\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em>\u00a0Team Grant<\/a>\u00a0 (link).<\/p>\n<p>INSTRUCTIONS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a competitive grant which takes into consideration the following factors:\n<ul>\n<li>Locale type (urban, rural, suburban, other)<\/li>\n<li>Free\/reduced lunch percentage<\/li>\n<li>Number of students serviced<\/li>\n<li>Team\u2019s\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em>\u00a0history<\/li>\n<li>Direct Toyota affiliation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Team must be registered with FIRST HQ for the\u00a02021-22\u00a0season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Submit one application per team.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If awarded, the grant check can only be remit to the team\u2019s fiscal partner.\n<ul>\n<li>The team\u2019s fiscal partner is the School, District, 501(c)(3) Organization, Foundation, or other entity that administrates grant funds on behalf of the team. Grant checks cannot be made payable to individuals.<\/li>\n<li>Please include the team\u2019s fiscal partner\u2019s information in the remittance information portion of the grant form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Teams accepting grant funds must agree to recognize Toyota as a team sponsor and must satisfy their FIRST in Michigan program\u2019s competition participation requirement.<\/li>\n<li>Help \u201cmake it loud\u201d on social media! Social media handles can be found at this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.toyota.com\/social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pressroom.toyota.com\/social\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>MDE FIRST ROBOTICS STATE GRANT; INFO WEBINAR 11.22<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Anticipated grant opening date: Nov. 22, 2021. <strong>The grant opening has been delayed. Teams will be eblasted an updated opening date once it is known.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Anticipated grant closing date: Jan. 04, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The State has approved $4,723,200 in support of FIRST Robotics teams affiliated with MDE recognized public schools\/charters\/academies across all programs. Additionally, $600,000 has been approved in support of FIRST Robotics teams affiliated with MDE recognized non-public schools across all programs. Non-publics schools need to establish a SIGMA Vendor Code with the MDE prior to the grant closing date.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>MIDDLE SCHOOL-\u00a0<\/b><b><i>FIRST<\/i><\/b><b>\u00a0Tech Challenge (FTC)<\/b><b>\u00a0Proposed Amounts<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Grants<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>1st Year Rookie<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Returning Teams<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Stipend (MDE)<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Up to $ 1,500<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Up to $ 1,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Team Support (MDE)<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Up to $ 2,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Up to $ 1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Actual stipend and team support amounts may be lower based on the availability of funding.<\/p>\n<p>Payout is made incrementally as part of the school\u2019s monthly state aid payout.\u00a0 Grant awards are released in the State Aid System in February.<\/p>\n<p>Applying teams must be registered with FIRST HQ for the 2021-2022 season. Participation in a sanctioned\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em>\u00a0in Michigan FTC engagement option in the 2021-2022 season is a requirement of teams that receive the MDE FIRST Robotics grant award.<\/p>\n<p>Teams applying for this grant should have their school affiliation listed on their Team Profile. The Team Profile can be edited via the team\u2019s Dashboard accessible from the <em>FIRST<\/em>\u00a0Account of the Lead Coach\/Mentor 1 &amp; 2.<\/p>\n<p>Grant materials are posted on techplan.org, under EDTECH INITIATIVES:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techplan.org\/edtech-initiatives\/rdi\/first-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.techplan.org\/edtech-initiatives\/rdi\/first-robotics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical Assistance Webinar:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 22, 2021, 3-4:30 p.m on Zoom.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81365427791?pwd=T09sWkJ0cXB4VEJMakFiYTJxS21SUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/81365427791?pwd=T09sWkJ0cXB4VEJMakFiYTJxS21SUT09<\/a><br \/>\nMeeting ID: 813 6542 7791<br \/>\nPasscode: wk2TeB<\/p>\n<p>One tap mobile<br \/>\n+13126266799,,81365427791#,,,,*371631# US (Chicago)<br \/>\n+16465588656,,81365427791#,,,,*371631# US (New York)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Apply:<br \/>\n<\/strong>All FIRST teams in a school\/district apply on one application that includes separate team &#8220;pages&#8221;. Once the grant is open, FIRST in Michigan will create a step-by-step guide on the grant process which will be shared with teams.<\/p>\n<p>The grant is available for application on the MDE\u2019s NEXXUS system which is accessible by the Level 5 employee (usually someone in finance) for the school or district. This is a new for the 2021-22 season. The MEGS+ system will not be used for this grant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota Grant\u00a0 l\u00a0 MDE FIRST Robotics State Grant\u00a0 l\u00a0 FiM FTC Rookie Team Grant<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/2021\/11\/21\/11-22-21\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-tammy","4":"has-more-link","5":"post-5492","7":"format-standard","8":"category-team-eblasts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5492"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5505,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions\/5505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}