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Welcome Members of the Media. Thank you for visiting our online Press Room, where you can find out more about FIRST and our programs, impact, sponsors, and leadership; find coverage of FIRST; and view archives of our e-mail newsletter.

Press Releases

June 18	Kid Inventors Win $20,000 Prize for Creating Device to Help Seniors Pick Up Small Objects
June 13	FIRST Welcomes Six New Members to Dynamic Board of Directors
June 10	FIRSTand IndyCar Driver Charlie Kimball Team Up to Encourage Kids to Pursue STEM Careers
May 15	Successful Technology Executive, Don Bossi, Named President of FIRST
May 13	International, Afterschool, K-12 Robotics Organization, FIRST Appoints Co-Chairs of the Board of Directors
April 27	10,000+ Students From Around the World Put Custom-Built Robots to the Test at 2013 FIRST Championship
April 26	FIRST Announces Official Championship Sponsor and Growing List of Sponsors for the Annual Championship
April 22	FIRST Students Honored at White House Science Fair
April 11	FIRST Announces Recipients of Inaugural Dr. Bart Kamen Memorial Scholarship Fund
April 4	FIRST Names Former Hewlett-Packard New Business Leader as Vice President of Development
Mar. 28	FIRST LEGOLeague Announces 3^rd Annual Global Innovation Award Competition Presented by X PRIZE Foundation
Feb. 7	FIRST Appoints Staff to Manage Robotics Programs in Growing Regions
Jan. 5	FIRST ULTIMATE ASCENT^SM2013 Robotics Game Revealed
Jan. 4	FIRST Announces Endowed Scholarship Fund to Honor the Memory of Long-Time Volunteer Dr. Bart Kamen
Oct. 25	FIRST Women in Science & Technology Forum to Help Female High-School Students Explore Education and Career Options
Oct. 22	FIRST Extends Annual Robotics Championship in St. Louis Through 2014
Sept. 13	Dean Kamen Encourages More Than 25,000 Students Around The World to RING IT UP!^SMFor The 2012-2013 FIRST Tech Challenge Game
Sept. 6	Iowa Includes FIRST in Groundbreaking Legislation to Promote Student STEM Learning
Aug. 7	FIRST Receives Innovation Generation Grant
June 27	Google and Boeing Leaders Appointed to FIRSTBoard of Directors
June 27	FIRST Founder Keynotes U.S. News and World Report STEM Summit Today
June 26	FIRST, the LEGO Foundation and LEGO Education Extend ‘Graduation Grants’ to FIRST Robotics Teams Globally
June 20	Two FIRST LEGO League Teams Tie for First Place in Dean Kamen's Food Safety Youth Invention Challenge
May 22	FIRST Tech Challenge Announces Three-Year Sponsorship From Alcoa
May 21	FIRST, The LEGO Foundation and LEGO Education Announce ‘Graduation Grants’ Available To FIRST Robotics Teams
April 30	Video Available from FIRST Championship Featuring NBA Hall of Famer, Pop Superstar, and Inventors
April 28	Biggest FIRST Championship Ever Features NBA Hall of Famer, Reigning World Series Champion, Pop Superstar, Celebrity Chef, Inventors, and Government Officials
April 28	FIRST Announces Strategic Alliance With Boys and Girls Clubs of America
April 26	FIRST Tech Challenge Expands Options to Allow a New Mechanical Building System for Competitions
April 23	FIRST Announces Alliance with National Parent Teacher Association^®

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Dean Kamen's Vision

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FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)

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2013 FRC Game Description ( pdf icon

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2013 Season Facts ( pdf icon

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2013 FRC ULTIMATE ASCENT^SM Kickoff videos and related links

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FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC)

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2013 Game Description - coming soon

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FIRST LEGO League (FLL)

FIRST LEGO League: How It Works ( pdf icon

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FLL At-A-Glance Fact Sheet ( pdf icon

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2012 FLL "SENIOR SOLUTIONS^SM" Challenge Flyer ( pdf icon

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FLL "SENIOR SOLUTIONS^SM" Challenge Details

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FLL World Festival

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Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL)

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The FIRST Championship is the culmination of the season's FIRST programs, bringing together three separate robotics competitions for the ultimate Sport for the Mind. The event includes the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival. Also featured is the Junior FIRST LEGO League World Festival Expo.

The 2013 FIRST Championship took place at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, April 24-27.

Save the Dates: the 2014 FIRST Championship will take place April 23-26 in St. Louis, Mo.