Competitive 99h: Robotics Competition Grant
The 99h: Robotics grant application for the 22-23 school year has closed at this time.
If you have program specific questions, please reach out to your program provider.
If you have NexSys application questions, please contact
MDE-edtech@michigan.gov.
The fiscal year (FY) 2022 State School Aid Act, Section 99h appropriated $5,323,200 for the 2022-23 school year for competitive grants to districts that provide pupils in grades K-12 with expanded opportunities to improve mathematics, science, and technology skills by participating in events hosted by science and technology development program known as FIRST (for inspiration and recognition of science and technology) Robotics, including JR FIRST Lego League, FIRST Lego League, FIRST Tech challenge, and FIRST Robotics competition, or other competitive robotics programs or equipment vendors, including VEX, Square One, and those hosted by the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation.
To apply as an approved program, please fill out this Google form by January 1, 2023.
2022-23 99h: Robotics Grant Materials
2022-23 99h Robotics Grant Recipient
2022-23 99h Robotics Competition Grant RFP Instructions (Updated 10/17/2022)
2022-23 99h: Robotics Step-by-step Instructions (Updated 10/17/2022)
2022-23 99h: Robotics Technical Assistance Webinar
2021-22 99h: Robotics Grant Materials
2021-22 99h: Robotics Competition Grant RFP Instructions (UPDATED 2/3/2022)
2021-22 99h: Robotics Step-by-step Instructions (UPDATED 12/17/2021)
2021-22 Technical Assistance Webinar
2020-21 99h: Robotics Grant Materials
2020-21 99h: Robotics Public School Grant Recipient List
2020-21 99h: Robotics Non-Public School Grant Recipient List
2020-21 99h: Robotics Competition Grant RFP Instructions
2020-21 99h: Robotics Grant Step-by-Step Instructions for MEGS+ Application
2020-21 99h: Robotics Competition Grant Spending Plan
Team Worksheet - Coaches can use to share information with the school district staff submitting the MEGS+ application.
2019-20 FIRST Robotics (VEX) Grant Materials
2019-20 FIRST (VEX) Robotics Publics School District Grant Recipient List
2019-20 FIRST (VEX) Robotics Non-Publics School District Grant Recipient List
2019-20 FIRST (VEX) Robotics Grant RFP Instructions
2019-20 FIRST (VEX) Robotics Grant Student Roster Template
2019-20 FIRST (VEX) Robotics Grant Spending Plan Template
Team Worksheet - Coaches can use to share information with the school district staff submitting the MEGS+ application.
2019-20 FIRST Robotics(VEX) Grant Technical Assistance Webinar PowerPoint Presentation
2019-20 FIRST Robotics Grant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document - Coming Soon!
2019-20 FIRST Robotics (VEX) Grant Step-by-Step Instructions for MEGS+ Application
FIRST Robotics (VEX) Grant MEGS+ Application Tutorial
FIRST Robotics (VEX) - Spending Plan Completion Tutorial Video
2018-19 FIRST Grant Materials
2018-19 FIRST Robotics Grants Recipient - Exhibit A (Public Schools)
2018-19 FIRST Robotics Grants Recipient - Exhibit A (Non-Public Schools)
2018-19 FIRST Robotics Grant Non Funded Teams List - Exhibit B (Public and Non-Public)
2017-18 FIRST Grant Materials
2017-18 FIRST Robotics Award Recipients (Public Schools)
2017-18 FIRST Robotics Award Recipients (NonPublic Schools)
2016-17 FIRST Grant Materials
2016-17 Grant Award Announcement Recipient List - update 2/8/17
99h: Robotics Competition Grant Program
Public Act 367 of 2016, Protection of Pupil Privacy, requires that the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) post on their websites a notice of the information collected for a pupil’s education records, including an inventory of all pupil data elements and a description of each pupil data element. A requirement of the FIRST Robotics grant states:
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Register their team with www.firstinspires.org.
Click here for the list of data fields and their descriptions as collected by the US FIRST Robotics Organization. FIRST's data privacy policy can be found at: https://www.firstinspires.org/about/privacy-policy.
- Provide MDE with an electronic roster. - Template is listed below.
Click here for a list of data fields and their descriptions as collected by MDE.