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Robotics non-profit FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) will receive up to $20 million over the next five years from NASA. The funding will be used to support a national program to inspire student interest in science, technology and mathematics, with a focus on robotic technology.
As part of its Robotics Alliance Project, NASA solicited proposals from nonprofit and educational institutions to design and administer a robotics outreach competition, and chose FIRST from the submitted proposals.
Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST hosts a yearly robotics competition for kids and other education events related to robotics. New Hampshire inventor Dean Kamen founded the organization in 1989 by as a way to cultivate student interest in STEM topics.
NASA is the largest organization involved with FIRST and has participated since 1995, according to the press release. In the past 19 years, the release said, the RAP has issued approximately $40 million to academic and nonprofit organizations associated with robotics.
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