FIRST Robotics Scholarships Awarded By Michigan Tech

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Eleven of this spring’s high school graduates, five from Michigan and six from Wisconsin or Minnesota, are the inaugural recipients of FIRST Robotics Scholarships to Michigan Tech.

Tech Today reports these exceptional students have actively competed on a FIRST Robotics Competition or FIRST Tech Challenge during high school.

Five Michigan students have been awarded $5,000 Michigan Tech FIRST Robotics Scholarships.

These annual scholarships are renewable for four years of full-time undergraduate study, based on renewal criteria.

Among the in-state recipients is Houghton High School’s Peter Lund who competed in the FIRST Robotics World Championship in St. Louis.

Four students from Wisconsin and two from Minnesota have been awarded scholarships valued at $14,000 per year.