The Event Experience

The Event Experience

At FIRST LEGO League events, students showcase their new skills while:

  • sharing ideas,
  • creatively solving problems,
  • interacting with new technology,
  • having fun,
  • and making new friends.

Official FIRST events in your area may be offered in traditional or remote formats. The remote event experience will be as close as possible to a traditional event for teams and volunteers, with the necessary modifications to accommodate a remote environment.

The Event Experience

The Event Experience

FIRST Tech Challenge events help students gain sense of accomplishment and confidence while they:  

  • collaborate and share ideas,
  • compete with their robots,
  • engage with cutting edge technology,
  • creatively solve problems,
  • and have fun.

Qualifying teams may earn a spot at the annual FIRST Championship.

Cost & Registration

Cost & Registration

FIRST® Tech Challenge’s thrilling robotics competitions help students develop a sense of accomplishment and the understanding that they can do anything with their collective skills, leadership, and confidence, and that their experience will positively impact their future and take them further than any other sport can.

Cost & Registration

Cost & Registration

FIRST® Robotics Competition leaves students with a sense of accomplishment and the understanding that they can do anything with their collective skills, leadership and confidence, and that their experience with FIRST will positively impact their future.


2025 Team Registration for FIRST Robotics Competition teams includes the following:

  • Official FIRST Robotics Competition team number for new teams.

  • 2025 Season Registration.

Alumni and Scholarships

Alumni and Scholarships

High School level FIRST Participants become FIRST Alumni and gain access to exclusive education funding as part of the FIRST Scholarship Program.

The Event Experience

The Event Experience

Each FIRST Robotics Competition season culminates with district and regional events where qualifying teams compete for awards and a spot at the FIRST Championship. Events offer students an amazing experience as they celebrate their hard work, have fun, make new friendships, and are exposed to ideas and ideology that will enhance their lives for decades to come. Every participant is eligible to apply for college scholarships!
 
Students develop a sense of accomplishment and confidence while they: 

    Vestas Agrees to Continued Support of Global Science and Technology Program

    MANCHESTER, N.H., and AARHUS, Denmark, February 2, 2012 ― FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®), an alliance between FIRST® and the LEGO Group, today announced that Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a long running global sponsor of FLL, has renewed its support of the program for an additional three-year period.

    Seven FIRST Students to be Recognized for Innovative Ideas, Teamwork and Patent-pending Inventions that Help Improve Lives

    MANCHESTER, N.H., Feb. 6, 2012 ― FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology, announced that six FIRST students have been invited by President Obama to attend the second annual White House Science Fair, February 7, for their achievements in robotics engineering, invention and scientific innovation. Approximately 100 students from across the country will attend the event.