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Register a team and get funding

Join hundreds of teams nationwide taking on FIRST Tech Challenge from September 2023.

Before you register

If you’re new to the FIRST family – in addition to having read the take part page, we strongly recommend you hang out with us on one of our intro webinars. If applying for a bursary, you’ll smash it if you’ve spent 5 minutes on our financial support page.

Completing this form

Only the adult responsible for the team should complete this form. It’ll take about 5 mins, including any bursary application. You must include on this form the name and email address of a sponsoring member of the Senior Leadership Team or Headteacher approving your participation.

Invoicing and payments

You will need to provide the details (name, email and billing address) of where to receive any invoice for the £299+VAT commitment fee (£99+VAT for each additional team) and a kit fee (£999+VAT), if applicable.

An optional Purchase Order number can be included on the form.

We accept online card payments details of which will be in your invoice.

Invoices must be paid no later than 30 September 2023 and prior to receiving access to any content or resources.


Bursary applications

Ensure you have read the conditions of our financial support before applying. Your organisation’s pupil premium levels and social deprivation indexing will be automatically assessed as part of the application. We invite you to submit a few words (less than 500) in support of your application. We recommend you check out our targeting criteria prior to submitting your application.

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