Michigan FIRST LEGO League Grants Available! (MI FLL Team Blast 2016.08)
There are three different grant opportunities for 2016 Michigan FIRST
LEGO League teams.
·
Michigan
Department of Education (State Grant)
·
Ford
Motor Company Employee Mentored Team Grant
·
General
Motors (GM) Rookie Elementary School Team Grant
Please read below for more details and links to applications.
Michigan Department of
Education (State Grant) – OPEN! - Closes November 7, 2016
All teams affiliated
with publicly funded schools/charters/academies may apply for this grant. The grant deadline is November 7, 2016. Teams must be registered for the season
before November 7 in order to be considered for the MDE
State FLL grant. Application is made by
the school district's Level 5 employee (usually someone in finance) via the
MEGS+ system. A note has been e-blasted
from the MDE to schools/districts about this grant. Note that this grant is
administered by the MDE, not FIRST or FIRST in Michigan.
IMPORTANT! Teams
applying for the MDE State grant MUST state their team
affiliation as "School" and select their school name from the drop
down list on their Team Profile on the Team Registration System (accessed
via FIRST Account).
For step-by-step
information on this grant and the application requirements, as well as
registering a team for the season, please visit the 2016-2017 Step-by-Step Guide to Team Registration
and Grants.
A school district fills
out ONE SINGLE application for all of the FIRST teams in the district (FRC, FTC, FLL, FLL
Jr). Each team will have its own page under the district's single application.
The spending plan which must be attached is a cumulative one encompassing all
of the teams in the district. Make sure your district knows about your team!
Governor Snyder, our
"state grant champion" leaves in a year. Take advantage of all these grants while you
can. Remember, with FIRST LEGO League,
you only buy the robot kit in your first year then reuse it year after year.
Keep in mind that
Michigan has a different Progression of Program than what is listed on the
FIRST website:
High School FRC exclusively
Middle School FTC exclusively
Late Elementary FLL exclusively
Early Elementary FLL Jr. exclusively (Grades K-3)
Make sure you are
aligned!
The Request for Proposal (RFP), FAQs, sample
spending plans, etc. are all available at http://www.techplan.org/rdi/. Please
review this information.
Ford Motor Company
Employee Mentored Team Grant – OPEN!
FIRST® teams (FLL Jr. /FLL/FTC/FRC)
with a Ford employee mentor can apply for Ford team grants at ford.avature.net/STEM.
The grant amount for FLL teams that meet the criteria is $200. Please
refer to the site for details.
To be eligible, teams
must have a Ford employee as an active mentor. Only one team grant is
available for each team. The application must be made by a non-Ford
employee requester. The grant application is a two-step process.
STEP 1: The requester
(non-Ford employee) should register and provide preliminary data related to the
request. Once Ford Motor Company reviews this information, and determines the
request meets selection criteria, the submitter is invited to STEP 2.
STEP 2: The full team
grant application is submitted.
Note that the
"Remit to" information is captured under the "FIRST School"
name/address areas of the form. If the team's fiscal partner is not the school,
please use the fiscal partner's information in these input areas. The
school name/affiliated org. should be included in the "Affiliation"
area. FIRST in Michigan prefers that disbursement of granted
funds is not to an individual. This could result in the grant being considered
taxable income to the person receiving the funds which is not the sponsor's
intent.
General Motors (GM) Rookie Elementary School Team Grant – OPEN!
This grant is available to Michigan, Rookie, Elementary School,
FIRST LEGO League teams.
This grant is a reimbursement grant. You must have registered and paid for the
2016 season, and purchased your robot and field setup kits, before applying. Upon approval of your grant application, the
team will receive a check for $300 from FIRST in Michigan.
This grant is made possible through a generous donation from
General Motors.
Grant parameters and the application may be found here: https://goo.gl/forms/RdfTU0bw1jXaHXc22.
Pamela Williamson
Michigan FIRST LEGO League Partner
michiganfll@gmail.com