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| GENERAL FUNDING INFORMATION for funding from different sources | FIRST Tech Challenge Funding in Oregon1) ORTOP Scholarship - apply directly to ORTOP for team scholarship. Open to rookie and veteran teams. Teams fill out the same ORTOP application for the New/Additional Team and Veteran Teams. CLOSED NOVEMBER 30, 2011 2 ) CLOSED Oregon Department of Education FIRST Robotics Subgrant 2011 3) e-Champ Grant through the Oregon Pre-Engineering and Applied Science Initiative (OPAS) OPENS October 24th for the 2012/2013 season
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| ORTOP SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION IN TABLE DIRECTLY BELOW | |
| ORTOP Scholarship Team definitions | ROOKIE TEAM: This is defined as schools or organizations that have never had an FTC Team prior to the 2011 Season
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| FOR ROOKIE /Additional new TEAMS | ROOKIE TEAM GRANT PROCEDURE/Additional New Team : Rookie Teams are eligible for grants that pay in full or partially for an FTC Robot Kit and Resource Kit. ORTOP will determine the award based on need and availability of grants. PLEASE NOTE: To be eligible for this rookie FTC Kit grant teams MUST NOT have already purchased and paid for their robot kit. To be eligible team coach or school administrator must complete the online ORTOP scholarship application. ORTOP will notify applicant if scholarship has been granted. If granted, team must REGISTER AND PAY the $275 Registration fee and then the grant will be applied using a grant credit applied by FIRST in their team profile to pay for FTC Robot Kits. Teams can register up to the point of paying and then wait to see if the scholarship was granted. Unlike last year when there was a delay, the rookie FIRST scholarship funds are ready to be granted. |
| FOR VETERAN TEAMS | VETERAN TEAM ORTOP SCHOLARSHIPS: ORTOP will also award a very limited number of other small veteran grants provided by ORTOP sponsors. Veteran Teams should complete the online application. |
| INFORMATION TO COLLECT BEFORE GOING ONLINE! | 1) Coach contact info; name, email, phone. 2) Estimated or exact demographic profile of the team. 3) Knowledge if team members participated in FLL in 2010? (helpful to know but we can collect it later) 4) Free and Reduced Lunch 5) If you have or have not registered a FTC team this year? If so what is the Team# 6) If you have or have not already ordered and paid for your Tetrix robot? 7) What other items might you need to request? Keep in mind there is FULL Scholarships to cover all costs will not be granted. Teams must do fundraising on their own. Please decide what your team can pay for and ask for only some items on the list. FTC Grants are intended to for teams with students demonstrating some degree of financial hardship. |
| Budget reference information | Please refer to the 2011 FTC Kit of Parts Expanded budgets for FTC rookie and veteran teams |
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2011 ORTOP FTC SCHOLARSHIP ONLINE APPLICATION LINK IS CLOSED
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| Item that can be requested for ORTOP | Grant Eligible | |
| FTC National Registration Fee | $275 | Rookie/ Additional Team/ Veteran |
| New Tetrix Robot Kit | $650 | Rookie/ Additional Team |
| New Tetrix Robot Kit minus NXT | $450 | Rookie/ Additional Team |
| FTC Resource Kit | $199 | Rookie/ Additional Team |
| Field Elements Materials /Extra Parts | $350 | Veteran / Rookie |
| 2011 Robot C License | $75 | Rookie/ Additional Team/ Veteran |
| 2011 ORTOP Qualifying Tournament Fee | $75 | Rookie/ Additional Team/ Veteran |
| ODE | Oregon Department of Education
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| e-CHAMP | e-CHAMP Grants administered by OPAS
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FTC TETRIX RESOURCES |
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| ORTOP FTC Fest (workshop) information | CLICK HERE FOR ORTOP FTC FEST (workshop) INFORMATION |
| FTC Robotics Kit 2011 | FIRST Tech Challenge Tetrix Robot Competition Kit For information on the FTC Tetrix Robot System click here. |
| The FTC Engineering Notebook | The FTC Engineering Notebook - Link to official information about the FTC Engineering Notebook at the FTC site In 2008, Oregon's Inspire Award Winner the Psychotic Strawberryz competed at the FTC World Championships and were awarded the Think Award. The FTC Engineering Notebook is an important part of the judging process for the Think Award. The Psychotic Strawberryz's presented an outstanding engineering notebook. The team shares it to help other FTC teams CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD. If you want to print it, warning it's over 150 pages. |
| Missed something? | For an overview of the FIRST Tech Challenge, the FIRST organization and ORTOP - click here. |
| GETTING STARTED GUIDE | |
| ORTOP's Tetrix Try-it Construction Instructions | ORTOP's Tetrix Try-it Construction Instructions Tetrix Try-it Overview (READ ME) Modular Robot Parts List Group 3: Contol Module Assembly |
| Simple Try-it Program | NEW! Programming: Tetrix Try-it Robot C program to control motors, arm and pincher to pick up pop cans or wiffle balls. |
| VIDEOS |
FIRST Tech ChallengeCarnegie Mellon Demo Tetrix Robot
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Contact Us |
If you have questions about the Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program, send an email message to If you would like to register for an ORTOP workshop click here If you need to contact us by mail, please use the following address: If you need to visit us in person, we are located at:
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