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title: FIRST Announces Growing List of STEM Industry Leaders as Sponsors for 2024 FIRST Championship Event | FIRST
description: FIRST is a global robotics community preparing young people for the future and the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education.
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# [FIRST Announces Growing List of STEM Industry Leaders as Sponsors for 2024 FIRST Championship Event | FIRST](https://www.firstinspires.org/about/press-room/first-announces-growing-list-stem-industry-leaders-sponsors-2024-first-championship)

 Written by [FIRST Staff](https://www.firstinspires.org/about/press-room/author/first) | Apr 2, 2024 4:00:00 AM

### Tens of thousands from around the world will gather in Houston this April for the world’s largest celebration of STEM for students

 

**Manchester, N.H. April 3, 2024 – **[*FIRST*®](https://www.firstinspires.org/), a robotics community that prepares young people for the future, today announced a growing list of STEM industry leaders as sponsors for the [2024 *FIRST* Championship](https://www.firstchampionship.org), the world’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for students, happening in Houston, Texas (April 17-20, 2024) this spring. 

“Our sponsors support *FIRST *in our commitment to bolster the STEM workforce pipeline and empower young innovators to follow their passions and curiosities,” said Chris Moore, CEO, *FIRST*. “As sponsors of the 2024 *FIRST* Championship, these companies help provide unforgettable STEM experiences for the thousands of young people who will compete there this spring.” 

The 2023-2024 *FIRST*® IN SHOWSM presented by Qualcomm season celebrates the roles our STEM skills play in the arts and design and inspires students to build a world of endless possibilities. More than 35,000 students, coaches, and supporters from 43 countries will participate in the 2024 *FIRST* Championship event in Houston. With the support of *FIRST *sponsors, the event promises participating robotics teams and spectators alike an inspiring and action-packed experience that has all the heart-pounding thrill and team spirit of a professional sporting event. Live robotics match coverage and behind-the-scenes highlights will stream on [*FIRST*tv](http://twitch.tv/firstinspires). Audiences can also follow *FIRST* social channels for exclusive coverage of all the excitement.   

The Lead Sponsor of the 2024 *FIRST* Championship is Mouser Electronics. Co-Sponsors include Bechtel Group Foundation, Central Intelligence Agency, Coca-Cola Company, CrunchLabs, DoD STEM, The Gene Haas Foundation, Molex, the United State Air Force, United Therapeutics Corporation, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Friends of *FIRST* Sponsors include; Aramco, ARMI | BioFabUSA, Ball Corporation, Houston First, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, PwC, TE Connectivity, and United Airlines.  

The international *FIRST* Championship in an annual event hosted by *FIRST*, a youth-serving nonprofit founded by inventor Dean Kamen, to showcase and celebrate mentor-guided student robotics teams from four programs: *FIRST*® Robotics Competition (grades 9-12); *FIRST*® Tech Challenge (grades 7-12); *FIRST*® LEGO® League Challenge (grades 4-8); *FIRST*® LEGO® League Explore (grades 2-4). 

For more information on *FIRST* Championship, please visit [firstchampionship.org](https://firstchampionship.org). Media interested in attending *FIRST* Championship should register at [firstchampionship.org/media](https://firstchampionship.org/media). 

**About *****FIRST*****®**

[*FIRST*](https://www.firstinspires.org/)*®* is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of inclusive, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18 (PreK-12) that can be facilitated in school or in structured afterschool programs. Boosted by a global support system of volunteers, educators, and sponsors that include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, teams operate under a signature set of [*FIRST *Core Values](https://www.firstinspires.org/about#core-values) to conduct research, fundraise, design, build, and showcase their achievements during annual challenges. An international not-for-profit organization founded by accomplished inventor Dean Kamen in 1989, *FIRST* has a [proven impact](https://www.firstinspires.org/about/impact) on STEM learning, interest, and skill-building well beyond high school. Participants and [alumni](https://www.firstinspires.org/alumni) of *FIRST* programs gain access to education and career discovery opportunities, connections to exclusive scholarships, and employers, and a place in *FIRST* community for life. Learn more at [firstinspires.org](https://www.firstinspires.org/).

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