a $1,000 Women in Technology Scholarship to an outstanding female student who is planning a career in the field of computer science and/or computer programming (deadline May 5):
https://studysoup.com/women-in-technology-scholarship

We have now separated those blog announcements of programs we hear about into their own categories:
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• ​for Student Scholarships and Internships, click on the Scholarships category in the right margin
  http://www.sdftc.org/blog/category/scholarships
• ​for Team Grants or Cash Awards, click on the Grant/money category in the right margin
  http://www.sdftc.org/blog/category/grantmoney
• ​In addition, we have compiled them into a date-sorted list of deadlines:
  ​​www.sdftc.org/schedule-of-scholarships--grants.html

​Let us know if you find this useful or have any suggestions.

The Association of Old Crows (AOC) Educational Foundation (AEF) will be providing two scholarships to college students studying in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).  These scholarships are funded by a $25,000 donation from the Raytheon Corporation. ​Two scholarships in the amount of $12,500 each will be awarded in April 2017. Applications and accompanying paperwork must be received NO LATER THAN Friday, March 31st, 2017.

Selection of the applicants shall be based on:

• Academic excellence in STEM area of study
• Interest and potential future contribution to national defense. (Based on the student essay)
  Submit a short essay of not more than two typewritten pages (12-point font, double-spaced) on your interests with regard to National Defense.  Specifically, address how your interests and education objectives will support future contributions to National Defense.  Examples include interests in Electronic Warfare (EW), Information Operations (IO), Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) and Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA)

http://www.crows.org/aef/scholarship-a-grants.html

For those who are still interested in the MOONBOTS competition, the registration deadline has been extended to Wednesday March 15 so you have one more week! See the previous blog post about it:
http://www.sdftc.org/blog/moonbots-challenge-another-robotics-competition

​And for any team that would like to participate in the SouthWest Robotics in Science Education (SWRiSE) FTC scrimmage held during the San Diego County Fair (and be eligible to apply for the Don Diego Scholarship Program in the future), get on the SWRiSE pre-registration list:

We have a great opportunity for Pre-Registration for teams that would like to participate in Summer of Robotics at the San Diego County Fair. We are offering the chance for your teams to pre-register on our website, SWRiSE.org, and you will get the first opportunity to sign your team up to participate at the Del Mar Fair. 
     Although this will not guarantee a spot at the fair, just for pre-registering, you will receive all communications and dates prior to us opening them to the public. Pre-registration is free, you not be asked for your team fee until we open registration at a later date on the San Diego County Fair website. 
  
**All dates are subject to changes**
FIRST Robotics Challenge -- June 3rd
FIRST Tech Challenge -- June 10th
FIRST LEGO League, SUMO, and Line Follow -- June 11th
Botball Challenge -- June 24th
 
   This is a great early opportunity for your teams and we look forward to seeing everyone pre-register! Please email me with any further questions or concerns. Also, on our website and within the pre-registration, we do have additional information that may answer any questions! 
 
Here is a direct link to the SouthWest Robotics in Science Education website: http://www.southwestrobotics.org/
And a link to the Summer of Robotics pre-registration page: http://www.southwestrobotics.org/sor-preregistration.html
 
Samantha Hamilton - Executive Director  
SouthWest Robotics in Science Education (SWRISE)
PO Box 712077, Santee, CA 92072-2077
(619) 493-2268
www.swrise.org
 For updates on SWRiSE, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/swrise

For any of you graduating seniors who have exhibited or participated in FTC events at the San Diego County Fair in previous years, there are Don Diego scholarships available. Deadline for applications is midnight March 20.

http://dondiegoscholarship.org/scholarships/
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The movie "Dream Big" begins this Friday at the Fleet Science Center. Three teams advancing to the West Super-Regional: 9441 Syndicate, 10092 Green.Griffins, and 4216 Rise of Hephaestus were on FOX5 morning news today with Fredi LajVardi to help promote the screening of this STEM/robotics film.

​Good luck to our champion teams this weekend in Tacoma for FTC West Super-Regional!

I'm still looking for a few more teams to demo and a field for Friday and Saturday March 10 & 11 for the FTC Demo at the FRC Regional "FIRST Steamworks" game at Del Mar Fairgrounds. It would be great to get two teams at a time for: 
      10-4 Friday  and  8-12 Saturday

Thank you to those that have volunteered for the FTC Demo so far:

• 9164 ZorroBots, 11128 Inspiration, and 11278 Virtually Creative

I also need an FTC field preferably for the whole event. Can be setup anytime after 6PM on Wed and taken down at Noon on Saturday. There is plenty of room to set up any pit display or anything you want. We are located at the pit entry along with the college and sponsor tables, plenty of visibility. Should be a decent view of the FRC game as well.

No meals are planned. There will be concession food available or you can bring your own. There may be even some opportunity to rotate in for a shift doing field reset for FRC on Friday. That's a lot of fun!

I can provide one parking pass per team. Reply back with your availability, and I'll get you the parking pass.

Thank you,
Dan Glenn [email protected]
Chairman, San Diego FRC Regional Planning Committee
Green.Griffins; 10092
​http://www.sandiegoregional.com/