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Science & Engineering summer apprenticeships at Navy labs, apply by Oct 31

8/31/2017

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High school students can apply for paid 8 week summer apprenticeships in science and engineering with Dept. of Navy labs. You must be a US citizen at least 16 yrs old. Stipend for the Science & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)  is $3300 for 8 wks, or $3800 for returning students. 

​College students are eligible for a similar 10 week Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP):
http://nreip.asee.org/details

Online applications for SEAP and many more details for high school students are here:
http://seap.asee.org/program_details
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Update 8/19/2017 on Student Scholarships

8/19/2017

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You can select just the blog posts that announce programs we hear about:
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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 (we don't have as many of these, and we don't know of any right now)
    http://www.sdftc.org/blog/category/grantmoney
  • ​In addition, we have compiled them into a date-sorted list of deadlines for this season (and also past ones to help find upcoming opportunities):
    ​​www.sdftc.org/schedule-of-scholarships--grants.html

​Let us know if you find this useful or have any suggestions.
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Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, deadline Sep 19

8/18/2017

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Siemens sponsors a competition for individual high school seniors or teams of high school students - unfortunately the deadline for teams to be finalized has passed. However, individual high school seniors can still apply. Research Reports may be submitted on projects in the fields of mathematics, engineering, biological and physical sciences. Social and behavioral science research projects are NOT eligible.

Scholarship awards range from $1000 to $100,000 - deadline is Sep 19, 2017. See below for details:

https://siemenscompetition.discoveryeducation.com/
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Regeneron Science Talent Search and Scholarships, deadline Nov 15

8/18/2017

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The Science Talent Search and scholarship program has been in existence since 1942. It is currently sponsored by Regeneron, and was sponsored by Intel before that and Westinghouse before that. The program seeks high school seniors who have done independent research, and there are many scholarships available from $2000 awards to 300 students all the way up to $250,000 for the top scholar! 

Application deadline is November 15, 2017.  For more information and to see a sample application:
https://student.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts
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Rise of Hephaestus on Winning Alliance at the First FIRST Festival of Champions!

8/18/2017

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The Houston Champions: 724 Rednek Robotics Wun, 4216 Rise of Hephaestus, and 8651 Wait For It have won at the FIRST Festival of Champions! It was to be a best 3 out of 5 matches, and the Houston alliance won the first two matches. However, in match #3 an opponent's ball got stuck in the top of Rise of Hephaestus robot for almost all of Teleop - thus leading to a 260 point penalty! So going into match #4, it was 2 to 1. 4216 tried again during autonomous to pick up one of the red balls that 724 had already shot into the vortex, but unfortunately the re-shot ball missed the vortex. These teams had collaborated long distance by Skype and tested meshing their autonomous routines by running them simultaneously on their home fields! In the end, they were able to score more balls into the vortex and thereby get their 3rd win and take the championship! Great performance teams, and congratulations to 4216 Rise of Hephaestus for representing us in San Diego FTC so well!

Enjoy your visit to Dean Kamen's house this evening!  For those of us at home, we can take a peek in the first minute of Dean Kamen's Slingshot water purifier video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klHo_bvyDoA

And what 3 months of collaboration might do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI96gCev5V8

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Outreach Opportunity - 2017 Navy Gold Coast 8/22 and 8/23

8/16/2017

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Hello Fellow Robotics Enthusiasts,

Please Join Us for 2017 Navy Gold Coast – August (Tues) 22nd & (Wed) 23rd, 2017

Place:      Town & Country Convention Center
                  500 Hotel Cir N, San Diego, CA 92108

Time:       Aug 22nd : 10am-5pm
                Aug 23rd  : 10am–3pm
We'll have booth space for you to set up your displays and literature as well as room to exercise your robots. We can handle about five teams at a time with about 5 team members with each  robot.
Why Attend: This is a great opportunity for your teams to meet engineers in the high tech field and get a first hand look at what technology is being developed for the military and homeland defense.
The interaction for the kids is a real learning experience; it's a friendly crowd and the kids and their machines are always a hit.
What Next: Reply to Lillian Maestas Lmaestas@knowledgemade.com
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Team Inspiration 11128 help mentor Team Benin for FIRST Global Challenge!

8/12/2017

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FTC 11128 – team Inspiration volunteered to mentor Team Benin, A French-Speaking West Africa Nation team, to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge in the US with teams from 163 countries.  The mentoring is via skype and email by the Inspiration team members and coaches.
 
Team Benin emerged 7th of 163 countries and the only African country on top ten ranking of the FIRST Global Challenge.
 
Team Benin is now inspired to expand their robotics program to as many students as possible in their country.
 
Inspiration team will help to solicit support to provide robotics material for Team Benin to expand their program.  If you or someone can help, let me know.  Alex Szeto, alex.d.szeto@ngc.com
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San Diego FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics is growing!  Start a FIRST FTC Team today!!!  Kick off the season September 9th at 8:00am

8/6/2017

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Interested in starting a robotics team?  San Diego FTC, now the home region of the 2017 FIRST Festival of Champion's winners, is looking for new students and mentors interested in Robotics Competitions!

This year's season kick off is September 9th at 8:00am!  Several teams will be on hand to help orientate you to the process for starting a team.

Information about the FIRST FTC program can be found here at:
https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc

Stay tune for more details about the location and RSVP by signing up for the San Diego FTC newsletter here and continue to watch this website!

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