Awards & Recognition Training

This module builds from real FIRST award knowledge to FRC-specific judges'-binder and interview craft, then to leading the team's award-pursuit strategy across seasons. Levels 1-2 are self-guided; Levels 3-4 shift toward mentor-reviewed project work, since evaluating independent judgment and leadership requires more than a checklist. This module deliberately does not own the FIRST Impact Award (Business module Level 3) or FIRST Leadership Award nomination (Leadership module Level 4) -- it covers the documentation and interview craft that applies across all of FIRST's other judged awards, and coordinates with those two.

Module Overview

Level Prerequisites

graph TD
    L1["Level 1: Award Understanding"]
    L1 --> L2["Level 2: Award Strategy & Documentation"]
    L2 --> L3["Level 3: Award Program Management"]
    L3 --> L4["Level 4: Championship Awards Leadership"]
    EXT1["Project Management Level 1"]
    EXT2["Project Management Level 2"]
    EXT3["Leadership Level 2"]
    EXT4["Project Management Level 3"]
    EXT5["Leadership Level 3"]
    EXT1 --> L2
    EXT2 --> L3
    EXT3 --> L3
    EXT4 --> L4
    EXT5 --> L4

Resources

• FIRST: FRC Awards
• FIRST: Judge Manual
• FIRST: Inside Look at the Judging Process
• LYNK Library of Knowledge: Business (Awards and Judging)