Botball Scholarships
The Botball Scholarship Policy applies to teams requesting funding directly through Botball. Teams receiving funding through other companies or organizations need not participate in this process.
- Policy Statement
- Criteria for Awards
- Expectations of Award Recipients
- Scholarship Review Dates
- Application
KISS Institute actively recruits corporate sponsors in an effort to keep registration fees down and to provide financial assistance to potential Botball teams. Scholarships are limited and depend on available sponsors. We do not guarantee that we will be able to offer scholarships in all regions where Botball tournaments are held, nor do we guarantee that teams receiving scholarships in previous seasons will receive funds again or in the same amount.
In an effort to include as many schools as possible, it is our policy to give scholarships in small amounts to several schools rather then large amounts to few schools. In addition, new teams will typically receive priority.
We expect that teams will develop their own strategies for funding Botball and will apply for Botball scholarships for no more then three consecutive years.
All scholarship awards are given in the form of a fee waiver.
Scholarships will be awarded in amounts no greater than $2,000. Awards will be based on competitive evaluation of applications using the following criteria:
- Previous requests for scholarships, and obligations met
- School/teacher’s educational goals
- Plans for using the robot kit after the tournament
- Number of students participating
- Plan to recruit students for your team
- Planned outreach efforts
- For returning teams: ie. recruit/mentor a new team from a different school
- For new teams: effort to provide community outreach (ie. demonstrations/presentations at school or public events)
- Demonstrated effort to raise funds
- Returning teams should also include a plan for raising funds in future years
Scholarship Recipient Requirements
- Recipients are expected to use funds to jump-start their program and develop separate funding sources for future years.
- Recipients must sign a scholarship agreement and return it no later than one week prior to your regional workshop. If the agreement is not received in our office by the deadline, the scholarship cannot be provided.
- Teams new to Botball must have at least one educator or adult mentor participate in both days of the Botball Educator’s Workshop.
- Teams (a teacher and a minimum of two students) must attend and check in at the tournament even if they are not prepared to enter a robot in the competition. If your team will not be entering a robot in the competition, you will be required to notify KISS Institute 5 days prior to your regional tournament. If a scholarship team does not attend the tournament, the team will be responsible for payment of the entire registration fee. Furthermore, the team will not be eligible for funds in future years.
- Teams are required to pay the balance due on their registration fee at least one week prior to the regional workshop.
Apply by the initial review date of November 01, 2011 to receive early confirmation of a scholarship award.
If funding permits, additional awards may be made three weeks prior to each region’s Botball Educator’s Workshop. We cannot guarantee that funds will be available for each regional tournament, so you are encouraged to establish your own sources of funding. KISS Institute Scholarships are designed for teams who have tried to raise their own funds but fall short of the full registration fee.
The 2013 Scholarship Application will be available in August.
You should receive an automatically generated email confirmation that your scholarship application was submitted. If you do not get an email confirmation then your application was not received. Please contact us at scholarships@kipr.org or call Marci Corey at 405-579-4609.