FIRST Internship Program
If you teach and lead a student team for the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), or BOTS-IQ Competition, SolidWorks Corporation offers a prime opportunity to build your skills as both a CAD user and an educator.
How the program works
As a FIRST Teacher Summer Intern, you'll be matched with a mentor from the professional engineering world. In that person’s workplace, you'll learn new SolidWorks® software skills and also hone your current skills.
By the end of your internship, you'll have new insights and knowledge that you can pass along to your students, giving them a clear advantage when they set out to compete in the world of engineering and technology.
Your internship includes a SolidWorks Commercial license
You'll get more from your internship–and your mentor relationship–when you have the tools you need. That's why we give all FIRST Teacher Summer Interns a Commercial license of SolidWorks software for use at their mentoring companies.
FIRST Teacher Summer Internship Program eligibility and requirements
- You may participate in the FIRST Teacher Summer Internship Program if you are an FRC, FTC, or BOTS-IQ teacher using SolidWorks software and an industry mentor has offered you a paid summer internship.
- You must lead a registered FRC, FTC, or BOTS-IQ team and must attend a 2009 FIRST Regional event.
- You must complete the application form between February 1, 2009, and April 1, 2009.
- You must submit electronic proof of SolidWorks usage or internship commitment with your mentoring company during the application process. Proof includes a screen capture of an image using SolidWorks, a SolidWorks model file, a photograph of your team using SolidWorks, or an electronic copy of a letter from your industry mentor stating that a summer internship has been offered.
Internships are available to the first 1,000 teachers who complete the application and fulfill the requirements below. Click here to apply.
SolidWorks Commercial License Conditions
All SolidWorks materials will be shipped to confirmed FIRST Teacher Summer Interns at a valid school address by May 1, 2009. Information developed with the SolidWorks Commercial Edition is restricted to one mentoring company only. The SolidWorks Commercial License is valid from May 1, 2009, to September 30, 2009. Teachers must abide by the SolidWorks FIRST Teacher Summer Internship License Agreement.
