Dr. Janell N. Catlin, Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at FIRST, reflects on why we celebrate moments like Black History Month and shares the voices of a few game changers from the FIRST community and their thoughts on mentorship, Black history and more.

Congratulations to FIRST Robotics Competition Team 8592 (a rookie team!), Newton Squared, from Reston, Virginia, USA, for winning the 2021 Digital Animation Award sponsored by AutomationDirect.com!

We’re sharing an update on the 2021 FIRST Championship events

Have you, or students on your team, been submitted for the Dean’s List Award this year? If so, it’s very important that every nominee signs a FIRST Consent and Release form by the end of March to be eligible for selection as a Dean’s List Award Finalist or Winner. 

We’re proud to partner with FIRST^® to help inspire the next generation of engineers, scientists, technicians and mathematicians who will help us tackle the world’s toughest challenges. That’s why we’re excited to announce that applications are now open for the BAE Systems FIRST Scholarship Program.

FIRST students know how to take what they know and what they’re capable of to make their communities a better place. To help inspire youth voice and leadership within FIRST, we formed the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Youth Advisory Committee. Get to know these amazing young people and how to join.

We’re so excited to see what FIRST Robotics Competition teams submit for their At Home Challenges this week!

Building STEM literacy includes learning the essentials of coding and programming. To help students with little to no knowledge of command-based programming, FIRST Education, with support from Bloomberg and WPI, has created an activity series for building a robot that can execute specific tasks.