Tech Collective has received a $16,200 grant from The Champlin Foundations to purchase kits that will enable local high schools, career centers and technology centers to take part in the annual FIRST Robotics Tech Challenge.

The grant will pay for 17 new FIRST Challenge kits, which cost $950 each, plus 39 “bonus packs” that include extra hardware and controllers. FIRST has already waived 50 percent of the cost of the kits this year out of concern for schools’ budget constraints, and the Champlin grant will pay the rest of the cost.

Full Story: Tech Collective gets $16K to buy robotics kits Source: Providence Business News, January 7th, 2009 Author: PBN Staff Added on January 7th, 2009 at 10:47 am, by Matt Mikula