Aptiv FIRST Sponsorship Application for 2021-22 Program Year

 

Deadline to apply: July 31, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST

Aptiv FIRST has created sponsorships targeted toward FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams, and FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge teams. For the 2021-22 academic year, Aptiv FIRST is rewarding the following:

  • $5,000 for FRC teams, with additional sponsorship opportunities available based on need
  • $1,000 for FTC teams
  • $250 for FLL Challenge teams

Eligibility

Teams applying to the Aptiv FIRST sponsorship must:

  1. Actively register and compete in the FIRST 2021-22 competition season
  2. Have an active mentor who is an Aptiv employee
  3. Be willing to do the following upon granting of a sponsorship:
    • Support Aptiv open houses
    • Distribute material for Aptiv
    • Have team sign likeness consent forms
    • Collect voluntary information for Aptiv so that Aptiv would have a database of students to pull from for internship and job opportunities
    • Use #AptivFIRSTRobotics in your social media posts

     

In case of any questions please contact us at lisa.savage@aptiv.com

Sponsorship Awarding

Sponsorship awarding will be announced in August. The sponsorship will be paid directly on the team’s behalf in one installment to FIRST.

General Information

Program

Contact Information

Budget

Statistics

FRC-Specific Questions 

(Please put “N/A” for the questions in this section if you are applying for FTC or FLL Challenge sponsorship)

Extended Statistics

Team Information

Essay Responses

Additional Aptiv Mentorship

As a company, we have committed to getting more employees involved in FIRST. Should we select your team as one of our scholarship recipients, we will attempt to match you with additional mentors if you indicate a need. If your team is indeed interested, please fill out the below fields:

Check off disciplines in which you are seeking mentors

Confirmation of Commitment

By checking this box, I confirm that my team is willing to do the following upon granting of a sponsorship:
a. Support Aptiv open houses
b. Distribute material for Aptiv
c. Have team sign likeness consent forms
d.     Use #AptivFIRSTRobotics in your social media posts
e. Collect voluntary information for Aptiv so that Aptiv would have a database of students to pull from for internship and job opportunities

Confirmation of commitment