Dean Kamen Invites More Than 30,000 Students Around the World to the FIRST Tech Challenge “ FTC BLOCK PARTY!”

FIRST® Tech Challenge launches new robotics season game that challenges students to think like engineers and scientists

FIRST Selects the City of St. Louis as the Site of the Annual FIRST Robotics Championship for 2015-2017

City and Local Organizing Committee Play Host for Seven Consecutive Years to Annual International Event Celebrating Innovation and Technology
for Students K-12

FIRST Robotics Competition Teams Join IndyCar Racers Charlie Kimball and Josef Newgarden for the Ultimate Roborivalry Trackside

Beginning in June 2013, IZOD IndyCar Series racer Charlie Kimball and FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen, took their passion for technology and engineering to the race track as they teamed up to inspire young people’s interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.

FIRST Announces New Executive Advisory Board Members

Partner in Spirit Hockey, LLC and Founder of Clarkston High School Science, Mathematics, and Technology Academy Join the FIRST Executive Advisory Board

Robots Come FIRST at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Team Members and their Robots to Lead the 87th Annual Parade in New York City with Help from Southwest Airlines and FedEx

FIRST AERIAL ASSIST 2014 Robotics Game Unveiled

AERIAL ASSISTSM Game Revealed by Dean Kamen to Nearly 70,000 High-School Students Worldwide at the 2014 FIRST® Robotics Competition Season Kickoff

  • Students urged to become future problem-solvers
  • Senator for New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) noted: “We need to make sure we have programs like FIRST in every school district to ensure a bright future for each student, as well as for America.”

Inventor Dean Kamen Urges Members of Congress to Close Innovation Deficit

Kamen Makes Case to Officials to Increase Accessibility of FIRST® Programs for All Students

FIRST Announces Qualcomm as the Presenting Championship Sponsor along with Expanding List of Sponsors for 2014 FIRST Championship Event

Monsanto Company, United Technologies Corporation, and others sign on to sponsor annual Sport for the Mind™ event

Inventor Dean Kamen and STEM Education Advocate will.i.am Recognize Student Leaders at Dean’s List Award Ceremony, 2014 FIRST Championship Event

Winners from Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington

MANCHESTER, N.H., April 26, 2014 ― FIRST®  (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen, announced 10 student recipients of the Dean’s List Award during a ceremony at the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, Mo.