FIRST Announces Alliance with National Parent Teacher Association

FIRST and National Parent Teacher Association Combining Efforts To Influence Next Generation of Innovators

FIRST Tech Challenge Expands Options to Allow a New Mechanical Building System for Competitions

MATRIX Robotics System unveiled at the FIRST World Championship in St. Louis

FIRST Announces Strategic Alliance With Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Pennsylvania Congressman Fattah backs ‘AIM’ and Targets Robotics Programs in 3,000 Boys & Girls Clubs by 2015

2012 FIRST Championship Celebrates Science, Technology and Robots

Biggest FIRST® Championship Ever Features NBA Hall of Famer, Reigning World Series Champion, Pop Superstar, Celebrity Chef, Inventors, and Government Officials

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Jay, will.i.am, Chef Homaro Cantu, Dean Kamen, and Congressman Chaka Fattah Root for Robotics Matches as 12,000 Students from 32 Countries and Their Robots Compete in International Robotics Championship, April 25-28

2012 FIRST Championship Media Broll

Video Available from FIRST® Championship Featuring NBA Hall of Famer, Pop Superstar, and Inventors


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Jay, will.i.am, Chef Homaro Cantu, Dean Kamen, and Congressman Chaka Fattah Root for Robotics Matches as 12,000 Students from 32 Countries and Their Robots Compete in International Robotics Championship, April 25-28

FIRST, The LEGO Foundation and LEGO Education Announce ‘Graduation Grants’ Available To FIRST Robotics Teams

MANCHESTER, N.H., May 21, 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 Graduation Grants will be issued to FIRST robotics teams continuing their participation in the FIRST family of robotics programs.

FIRST Tech Challenge Announces Three-Year Sponsorship From Alcoa

Alcoa Foundation to support the domestic and global growth of FIRST Tech Challenge robotics teams with a $250,000 grant

FIRST, the LEGO Foundation and LEGO Education Extend ‘Graduation Grants’ to FIRST Robotics Teams Globally

MANCHESTER, N.H., June 19, 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 Graduation Grants will be extended to global FIRST robotics teams that continue their participation in the FIRST family of robotics programs.

Edison Nation Awards $250,000 in services to winners; X PRIZE Foundation awards cash prizes to runner-up teams; FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg commends kids for food safety inventions

MANCHESTER, N.H., June 19, 2012 — In a surprise decision, a panel of innovation experts named two teams of kid inventors as first place winners for their food safety inventions during the second annual FIRST®LEGO® League Global Innovation Award ceremony at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. First place winners were each awarded up to $250,000 in services and support from the award’s Go-To-Market Sponsor, Edison Nation, to help bring their ideas to market.

FIRST Founder Keynotes U.S. News and World Report STEM Summit Today - June 27

Leaders from FIRST®, LEGO® Education and Time Warner Cable to Speak at U.S. News STEM Solutions Summit

FIRST Robotics Programs, LEGO Education and TWC’s Connect a Million Minds to Highlight How to Engage Young People in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Challenges