Showcase of Champions

In April 2008, a crowd of 20,000 FIRST students, mentors, event volunteers, sponsors, and spectators took over the Georgia Dome’s athletic field space, home to such legendary sporting events as the Olympics and NCAA’s Final Four competitions. More...

Letter from FIRST President, Paul Gudonis

To the FIRST Community:

A big THANK YOU to our 72,000 volunteers who continue to inspire students by serving as engineering mentors, tournament organizers, fund-raisers, judges, referees, pit supervisors, drivers, emcees – and every other job during this past season... Thanks to your efforts we had another record year for FIRST, with approximately 156,000 young people participating on FIRST teams in hundreds of competitions around the world. More...

FIRST Programs Introduce New Technologies

FIRST is excited to offer participants hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, including a new FIRST Tech Challenge robotics platform and a new FIRST Robotics Competition control system. More...

Alliances Corner

In Alliances news, ALA announces a $100,000 donation to FIRST to support young scientists and engineers around the world and FIRST enters a new partnership with the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Dean Kamen Receives LEGO^® Prize

The LEGO Group recently honored FIRST Founder Dean Kamen with the LEGO Prize for his passionate commitment to the FIRST organization. More...

"March Madness" of a Different, and Perhaps More Important, Sort
By Joel Brennan

As the new CEO of Discovery World, I was asked to take part as a first-time judge at the FIRST Robotics Competition Wisconsin Regional event. I witnessed a thrilling competition that inspires young people to pursue careers as scientists and engineers and promotes a spirit of Gracious Professionalism that is too often lost in society’s focus on sports. More...

SPOTLIGHTS

On Volunteers... Contributions highlighted at FIRST Championship

On Sponsors... Dean Kamen Honors BAE Systems, Inc. with Founder's Award

On Students... A Guiding Light for High-School Senior, Nico Paris

On Teams... New World for FLL "Ridder Kids"; FRC Team 329 Builds Science and Technology Skills in Community