Hi , 

Here's some updates and news from FIRST^® Tech Challenge.

In this week's blast: 

📖 Competition Manual - A Deeper Dive

🤖 Grants for Teams Now Available

🌊 DIVE In and Explore This Season with Kahoot!

🚀 2024-2025 FIRST Tech Challenge New Team Hardship Grant 

Competition Manual – A Deeper Dive 
We just released a new blog where we take a closer look at the FIRST Tech Challenge Competition Manual and some of the new rules, new tech, and further explanations on why these changes have been put into place. 

Read more about the changes to the Competition Manual on our Community Blog.

Grants for Teams Now Available 
FIRST Tech Challenge teams can search for grants by program and location on the 2024-2025 Team Grant Opportunity page. Feel free to share this with your community. 

DIVE In and Explore This Season with Kahoot!
The ocean is more than what you can see on the horizon. Beneath the surface lies our planet’s most complex ecosystems, full of life and potential for exploration and learning, where each inhabitant has a role to play in building a thriving environment. 

Check out our new Kahoot! course on all things oceans and learn about the life we have already discovered and the various careers of those still searching to uncover the unknown.

2024-2025 FIRST Tech Challenge New Team Hardship Grant 

The 2024-2025 FIRST Tech Challenge New Team Hardship Grant is live. Awarded new teams will receive a one-time $750 grant which can be used towards FIRST Tech Challenge season registration and products exclusively the FIRST Tech Challenge Storefront.

Please keep in mind that only new FIRST Tech Challenge teams in USA, Mexico, Canada, or USA Military APO may receive this grant and must fit the eligibility requirements stated on the grant page. The next grant cycle ends August 20!