September 6, 2017

Ford Motor Company Employee Mentored Team Grant – OPEN! (MI FLL Team Blast 2017.06)

FIRST LEGO League teams with a Ford employee mentor may now apply for Ford team grants at http://www.stem.ford.com/STEM/RoboticsOverview


Instructions are below. Please complete both steps of the process by September 30, 2017.

Instructions for applying for returning teams:
1.     The process is all on-line. Go to: http://www.stem.ford.com/STEM/RoboticsOverview
2.     Click on the link at the bottom of the page that either says, “Learn more about Ford support for FRC® program” or “Learn more about Ford support for Jr.FLL®, FLL® and FTC® programs.”
3.     Click “Submit your preliminary request for FIRST® FRC® team support” or “Submit your preliminary request for team support.”
4.     At this page, click on “Already a user?  Login here.    Use the email and password that you used during last year’s application process.
5.     This will begin a short process in which you fill out the preliminary application.

Instructions for applying for new teams:
1.     The process is all on-line. Go to: http://www.stem.ford.com/STEM/RoboticsOverview
2.     Click on the link at the bottom of the page that either says, “Learn more about Ford support for FRC® program” or “Learn more about Ford support for Jr.FLL®, FLL® and FTC® programs.”
3.     Click “Submit your preliminary request for FIRST® FRC® team support” or “Submit your preliminary request for team support.”
4.     At this page, begin to fill out the preliminary application.



The "Remit to" information for the grant is captured under the "FIRST School" name/address areas of the form. Use the team's fiscal partner information (school or 501c3 organization) in these input areas. The school name/affiliated org. should be included in the "Affiliation" field.