The NASA Robotics Alliance Project is pleased to announce the FIRST Robotics Competition participation grants for 2010. Listed below are the "Regional Challenge Grant", "Program Growth Grant" and "Sustaining Grants" applications that have been selected for award. Receipt of a NASA Robotics Alliance Project grant award is contingent upon a team being registered with FIRST and confirmed at the specific event for which the sponsorship applies. Regional Challenge Grants are NOT transferable to other teams or other events. Program Growth Grants may be used for any regional competition event, but they are not transferable to other teams. As indicated in the grant application, awarded funds will not be sent directly from NASA to the winning teams. The awarded funds will be transferred to FIRST on behalf of the awarded team, and used to fund the registration fees for the associated regional competition event.

A quick reminder: as was detailed in the grant application, when you submit an application for a NASA team grant for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition you agree to abide by the terms detailed in the application. Of particular importance, by accepting a NASA team grant, the team agrees to:
1.	Build a robot from the FIRST-provided Kit Of Parts (and permitted extra materials)
2.	Enter your robot into the designated FRC Regional Competition (the exact event is determined by the type of grant you received);
3.	Attend the entire designated FRC Regional competition, and compete with your robot
4.	Submit a copy of the requested materials (Chairman's Award submission or Rookie Write-up, and entrance/exit surveys) to NASA before the end of the competition season
5.	Veteran teams are expected to help mentor new rookie teams, and share the benefits of their experiences with their educational institutions
If you are unable to agree to the detailed terms and wish to decline the team grant, please contact NASA immediately at arc-frc-grants@mail.nasa.gov. If you are unable to complete the requirements of the grant after the start of the competition season, you will be required to return the Kit Of Parts and may be invoiced for the cost of the registration fee.
Note that some selections are indicated as “provisional.” In these cases, NASA needs to receive information outstanding from an awarded 2009 FRC Team Grant. This information must be received by NASA no later than December 1, 2009, or the offer of a grant award may be rescinded and reassigned to another team.

2010 Entrance Survey

Program Growth Grants
Sustaining Grants