Sponsorship
Turn sponsorship into visibility, goodwill, and future talent
Sponsoring the Canterbury Cougarbots puts your brand in front of students, families, and a wider STEM ecosystem — while supporting a team that builds real engineering skills. Every sponsor is welcome to visit our school, meet the students, see our build environment, and watch the robot in action.
Business value
Visibility in a global STEM ecosystem
Sponsoring Cougarbots places your brand inside a community where engineering, innovation, and future talent are the main event — not an afterthought.
FRC students each season
A global pipeline of future talent
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FIRST youth participants (since 1989)
A worldwide STEM community
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FIRST events each season
Teams + partners across the world
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FIRST volunteer & educator hours (recent season)
Community power behind the program
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Brand trust + goodwill
Sponsorship signals that your company invests in students and innovation. It’s a strong, positive message to customers, families, and the community.
Future talent + recruiting
FIRST is a known pipeline for motivated STEM students. Sponsoring gives your brand early visibility with students who value engineering and hands-on building.
Employee engagement opportunity
If your team wants it, sponsorship can include a visit and skills-based support (as allowed). Many companies use programs like this to strengthen culture through purpose-driven involvement.
Who supports FIRST?
FIRST is supported by many top organizations in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and tech. Examples include:
NASABoeingAppleQualcommRockwell AutomationRTX3MBAE SystemsTE ConnectivityBechtel
Brand placement that people remember
Robot + pit signage + shirts + website. FRC is visually intense and sponsor logos are part of the culture. Higher tiers receive larger, more prominent placement (space-based).
Cash + services both count
Sponsorship isn’t only money. If you can provide services (CNC machining, fabrication, laser cutting, printing, materials, engineering support), we can count that value toward a tier based on a fair estimate.
Sponsor visits + real relationship
Every sponsor can schedule a visit to meet the students, see our workspace, and watch the robot run. We want you to personally see what you’re powering.
Next step
See the packages, then pick what fits
Our packages are built for businesses: clear benefits, fair recognition, and a relationship you can actually feel — including school visits and robot demos for every sponsor.
Sponsor-friendly promise
- • Clear recognition (shirts, website, signage; robot space-based)
- • Fast follow-up and simple onboarding
- • Transparent, team-only use of funds
- • End-of-season impact summary available upon request