Georgia FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), with support from Google, is offering the final year of the Google Team Support Grant to FIRST Tech Challenge teams for the 2026-2027 competition season.   Google's priority with this funding is to reduce barriers and increase participation in the FIRST Tech Challenge among middle school-aged students who are under-resourced or have traditionally been underrepresented in STEM.  

The Grant is open to Rookie and Veteran teams that have middle-school-age students on their teams and meet one of several other criteria. The grant is also a great way for former FIRST LEGO League teams to transition to the FIRST Tech Challenge program.

New for this season, as a part of this grant, is the opportunity for VEX teams to transition from the VEX V5RC competition to the FIRST Tech Challenge.

The XRP robotics camp is a summer program that allows student campers to explore and develop their coding skills. Participants use the XRP robotics platform to program their own robots to navigate unpredictable environments.   The camp seeks to engage middle school-age students by developing their block-based coding skills while learning Python. Through engaging missions, students gain STEM skills while working as a team.

DE is one of Georgia’s unique programs which is all about helping teams on their journey to the Championship Field. The program features four FRC playing fields throughout the state with complete sets of field elements; these fields are available for all teams to use.

GeorgiaFIRST and the FRC Peachtree District (PCH) are fortunate to have strong partnerships with organizations that are helping to foster creativity and enhanced robot fabrication methods.

GeorgiaFIRST received a commendation from the Governor for our organization’s contributions to STEM education in Georgia in January 2025.

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