Get Your Robotics Started with Botball Grants

The Oklahoma State Department of Education in partnership with Botball will provide grants up to $2,200 per school to facilitate recent start-up and existing Botball team opportunities. Click anywhere you see the word application to get to the grant application form.

Eligible recipients:

Oklahoma public schools including charter schools

Grant funds may be used for:

• Botball Educational Robotics Program(Botball)
  • Ages-Middle School thru High School

Allowable uses of grant awards:

• Botball registration fees

Funds available:

The number of grants awarded will depend upon the number and type of applications received. Applicants are eligible to apply for grants in the following amounts:

• Rookie Teams (1st year teams)
  Botball – up to $2,200
• New Teams (2nd- thru 5th-year teams)
  Botball – up to $1,500
• Veteran Teams (6 years plus)
  Botball – up to $1,000

Successful applications will address:

• A diverse socio-economic school environment that represents the percent of students receiving free and reduced lunch and includes race and gender as defining points.
• Increased student engagement in STEM education through Botball Robotics and the Global Conference on Educational Robotics
• Commitment to the development of student teams, recruitment of volunteer mentors, designing and building of remote-controlled robots.
• Participation in the Oklahoma Botball Regional Competitions. Information on competitions and registration can be found in the resources section of this application.

Application Process:

• Complete a grant application form for each team.
• Submit application(s), signed assurance, photo consent form to be completed at the tournament
• Grants will be evaluated by OSDE and Botball partnership committee members.
• Grant awards will be announced by the committee.

Links to follow for assistance with Botball:

• Botball Registration information:
  • http://www.botball.org/register

• Botball website:
  • http://www.botball.org

• KISS Institute for Practical Robotics website:  http://kipr.org

• Global Conference on Educational Robotics website:  http://kipr.org/gcer

Due Date:

• First Review: October 15
• Second Review: November 15
• Final Review: December 16
• Completed applications DUE 5:00 p.m. Monday, December 16, 2012
• Applications received AFTER Monday, December 16, 2012 will not be considered

• ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY:

http://kipr.org/ok-botball-grant-application

Contacts

For qu  Questions regarding the grant application, please contact:

For   Questions regarding Botball programs, please contact: