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Program Updates, Deadlines, & Reminders

Blog Update: The FIRST^® Robotics Competition Blog has moved! Click here for the new link and subscription form. Please note that if you subscribed to the old blog, you will need to resubscribe to the new one as subscriptions were not carried over.

New District: Read the FIRST Robotics Competition blog about South Carolina forming an independent District for the 2025 season. 

2025 Season Registration: Registration for the 2025 REEFSCAPE^SM presented by Haas season is now open! Start your team registration and prepare your team to use their engineering skills to strengthen one of the ocean’s most diverse habitats – making waves to build a better world. 

FIRST Updates

Holiday Hours: FIRST^® will be closing Wednesday, June 19, in recognition of the U.S. Juneteenth Holiday. Regular business hours will resume on Thursday, June 20, at 8:30 a.m. ET.  

Regrants: Team leads for U.S. teams that have a “credit balance” in their FIRST account must submit regrant requests before June 30, 2024. If not regranted, any of the remaining funds are re-designated based on sponsor intent. Due to the extreme generosity of donors & sponsors, many teams have funds still available in their FIRST accounts, and we want to ensure that they capture those funds. See the regrant policies and procedures page for more details.