SCRRF Scholarships

In 2012, the Southern California Regional Robotics Forum (SCRRF) will award $1,000 scholarships to three Southern California high school seniors for their first year of college study in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math. Each award is non-renewable and will be recognized at the Los Angeles Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in March and at the FIRST Championships in St. Louis, Missouri in April.

Student Eligibility Requirements

• In senior year at a high school in the Los Angeles Region of Southern California (i.e., Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, San Bernardino or Orange counties).
• Actively participates on a robotics team in the Los Angeles Region of Southern California for one of these programs:
    o  FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team and/or
    o  FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team and/or
    o  VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) team.
• Participated or scheduled to participate in one or more qualifying regional events in the Los Angeles Region of Southern California.

Submission Requirements

• Completed scholarship application form.
• Picture of student – head shot preferred. If submitting group photo, please identify scholarship applicant.
• Student writes a 400-500 word essay titled “The Impact of FRC/FTC/VRC on my Future Goals.” Please include your name at the top of each page. All or selected portions of this essay may be posted on SCRRF’s web site.
• A copy of the student’s high school transcript.
• Letter of recommendation from one of the adult members of the student’s robotics team stating that the applicant has demonstrated the values of FRC/FTC/VRC and is a member in good standing. 
• Letter of recommendation from one of the student’s recent science, technology, engineering or math teachers who is not a robotics team mentor. 
• All materials need to be emailed, faxed, delivered or post marked by the due date to:
  
      LeRoy Nelson, Chairman
      SCRRF Scholarship Committee
      1457 3rd Street 
      Manhattan Beach CA 90266-6335 
      (310) 937-1416 Fax
      (310) 937-7226 Home office
      (310) 529-4637 Cell
      E-mail: LeRoy@LARobotics.org

2012 SCRRF Scholarships

Download the SCRRF 2012 Scholarship Application

Applications are due Monday, February 27, 2012.

2011 SCRRF-Time Warner Cable Scholarship Winners

Grant Pickett, FRC Team 4322, Desert Christian High School, Lancaster (North Service Area)
Mindy Huang, FTC Team 542, Whitney High School, Cerritos (Metro Service Area)
Katherine Shen, FRC Team 1135, Whitney High School, Cerritos (SCRRF)

Award presention slides at 2011 Los Angeles Regional FRC

2010 SCRRF Scholarship Winners

Carrine Johnson, FRC Team 2637, Peninsula Panthers
Ryan Sharp, VRC, FTC and FRC Team 294, Beach Cities Robotics

Award presention slides at 2010 Los Angeles Regional FRC

2009 SCRRF Scholarship Winners

Karl Hujsak, FRC Team 2029 Neotech Robotics
Chun Ji Wang, FTC Tean 542, FRC Team 1135, Whitney High School Robotics

2008 SCRRF Scholarship Winners

Michael Robinson, FRC Team 1622, Spyder
Nicholas Foote, FRC Team 2102, Team Paradox

2007 SCRRF Scholarship Winners

Caitlin Steele, FRC Team 330, Beach Bots
Adam Heard, FRC Team 294, Beach Cities Robotics

2006 SCRRF Scholarship Winner

Not available

2005 SCRRF Scholarship Winner

Geroge Chen, FRC Team 294, Beach Cities Robotics