FIRST
Founder	Dean Kamen
Type	501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Manchester, NH
Key people	Dean Kamen, Founder John Abele, Chairman of the Board Paul Gudonis, President Woodie Flowers, Vice Chairman
Revenue	$20,803,521[1]
Volunteers	60,000
Members	130,000 students 10,652 robots 37,000 mentors 27,000 event volunteers[2]
Slogan	"To create a world where science and technology are celebrated... where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes"
Website	usfirst.org

FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields. The organization is the foundation for the FIRST Robotics Competition, the FIRST LEGO League, and the FIRST Tech Challenge competition.

FIRST also operates FIRST Place, a research facility at FIRST Headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire where it holds educational programs and day camps for students and teachers.^[3]

FIRST Robotics Competition

FIRST website

FIRST Robotics Competition website

FIRST Tech Challenge website

FIRST LEGO League website

FIRSTwiki - Unofficial FIRST Wiki

Chiefdelphi - Forums

Other Useful Websites

Venture capitalist Lawrence (Larry) Goldfarb interviewed on Comcast Local Edition about FIRST

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