Autonomous Award Sponsored by Ford
Celebrates the team that has demonstrated consistent, reliable, high-performance robot operation during autonomously managed actions. Evaluation is based on the robot’s ability to sense its surroundings, position itself or onboard mechanisms appropriately, and execute tasks.
× Chairman’s Award
！ Creativity Award Sponsored by Xerox
Celebrates creativity in design, use of component, or strategy of play.
Digital Animation Award Sponsored by Automation Direct.com
Celebrates the art of the digital animation and its close relationship to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics).
Engineering Inspiration Award
Celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school and community.
！ Entrepreneurship Awardsponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit by recognizes a team that has developed a comprehensive business plan in order to define, manage, and achieve the team's ongoing objectives.
！ Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Delphi
Celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature.
！ Finalist
Celebrates the Alliance that makes it to the final match of the competition.
× *FIRST *Dean’s List Award
Founder’s Award
Recognizes the organization or individual that has contributed significantly to the growth of FIRST.
！ Gracious Professionalism® Award Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
Celebrates outstanding demonstration of FIRST Core Values such as continuous Gracious Professionalism® working together both on and off the playing field.
Highest Rookie Seed Award
Celebrates the highest-seeded rookie team at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds.
！ Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen
In honor of Jack Kamen, Dean’s father, for his dedication to art and illustration and his devotion to FIRST. This award celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.
Industrial Design Award Sponsored by General Motors
Celebrates form and function in an efficiently designed machine that effectively addresses the game challenge.
！ Innovation in Control Award Sponsored by Rockwell Automation
Celebrates an innovative control system or application of control components – electrical, mechanical, or software – to provide unique machine functions.
！ Judges’ Award
During the course of the competition, the judging panel may decide a team’s unique efforts, performance, or dynamics merit recognition.
！ Quality Award Sponsored by Motorola Solutions Foundation
Celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication.
Rookie All-Star Award
Celebrates the rookie team exemplifying a young but strong partnership effort, as well as implementing the mission of FIRST to inspire students to learn more about science and technology.
Rookie Inspiration Award Sponsored by National Instruments
Celebrates a rookie team’s outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as in their community.
！ Safety Award Sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories
Celebrates the team that progresses beyond safety fundamentals by using innovative ways to eliminate or protect against hazards.
Safety Animation Award Sponsored by UL
Recognizes the team that submits a short animated film that best promotes the current season’s team safety focus. Please visit the Safety Page for more information about this award.
！ Team Spirit Award sponsored by Fiat Chrysler
Celebrates extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit through exceptional partnership and teamwork furthering the objectives of FIRST.
Volunteer of the Year Award
Presented to anindividual, business, or organization that consistently excels in their efforts, with proven results in the areas of impact, leadership, personal commitment, community, and historical contributions.
！ Winner
Celebrates the Alliance that wins the competition.