New Team Start Up Costs

TEAM START-UP COSTS ~$1200 CAD*

  • Team Registration Fee: $300 CAD ($225 USD)
  • Taxes & shipping for Season Materials from FIRST Headquarters: $40 CAD ($30 USD) 
  • Robotics Kit (can be reused from year to year)
    • LEGO SPIKE Prime Set: $450 CAD/set (includes taxes but not shipping)
    • Optional Expansion Kit: $160 CAD/set (includes taxes but not shipping)
  • Challenge Set (including tax but not shipping): $125 CAD
  • Remote Tournament Registration Fee: $25 CAD
  • Table Construction Materials: $50 CAD (can be reused from year to year)
  • Miscellaneous (i.e., team shirts, food, office supplies): $50 CAD

* Varies depending on exchange rate and shipping costs

New Class Pack Start-up Costs

CLASS PACK START-UP COSTS ~$3450 CAD*

  • Class Pack Registration Fee: $800 CAD ($595 USD)
  • Shipping for Season Materials from FIRST Headquarters: $150 CAD ($123 USD) 
  • 7 Robotics Kits**: $2500 CAD (when purchased from B&B Education)
    • LEGO SPIKE Prime Set: $360 CAD/set (includes taxes)
  • 2 Challenge Sets: $0 (because included with Class Pack Registration)
  • Remote Tournament Registration Fee: $0 (because non-competitive)

* Varies depending on exchange rate and on shipping costs

** Reusable from year to year after initial investment

Grant Amounts

  • New Team Grants ($750) 
  • Returning Team Grants ($750)
  • New Class Pack Grants ($2500)
  • Returning Class Pack Grants ($900)
  • Qualcomm New Team Grant ($1000) 
  • STEAM Programs for Youth Team Grant ($1000)

Pricing Guide & Video Explaining Costs

FLL Challenge Team Registration Process

Individual Team Grants

  1. A limited number of $750 grants are available to new and returning Ontario teams on a first come, first served basis.
  2. Grant recipients agree to coach a team during the 2020-21 RePLAY season and to participate in a remote qualifying tournament with their team in February 2021.
  3. Schools or organizations with multiple teams can apply for up to two individual team grants.
  4. Individual Team grant recipients are not eligible for other grants (i.e., Class Pack grants, Qualcomm grant, STEAM Program for Youth grant)

Class Pack Grants

  1. A limited number of Class Pack grants are available to new and returning Ontario Class Pack account holders on a first come, first served basis.
  2. Priority will be given to teachers who will be implementing the FLL Challenge program in their classroom during the 2020-21 RePLAY season.
  3. Grant recipients agree to submit pictures, videos and testimonials from throughout the season to FIRST Canada to thank sponsors for their financial support
  4. Class Pack grant recipients are not eligible for other grants (i.e., individual team grants, Qualcomm grant, STEAM Program for Youth grant)

Qualcomm Grant

  1. A limited number of $1000 Qualcomm grants are available to new and $350 Qualcomm grants available to returning Ontario teams consisting of underserved, underrepresented or vulnerable youth.
  2. Grant recipients agree to:
    • coach a team during the 2020-21 RePLAY season and to participate in a remote qualifying tournament with their team in February 2021
    • submit pictures, videos and testimonials from throughout the season to FIRST Canada, to thank sponsors for their financial support
    • incorporate the Qualcomm logo with their team branding (i.e., team shirts, team poster, etc.)
  3. Qualcomm grant recipients are not eligible for other grants (i.e., individual team grants, Class Pack grants, STEAM Program for Youth grant)

STEAM Programs for Youth Grant

  1. Eligibility for the STEAM Programs for Youth grant applies to any team consisting of all girls from a public school in Toronto or York Region.
  2. Grant recipients agree to:
    • coach a team during the 2020-21 RePLAY season and to participate in a remote qualifying tournament with their team in February 2021
    • submit pictures, videos and testimonials from throughout the season to FIRST Canada, to thank sponsors for their financial support
  3. STEAM Programs for Youth grant recipients are not eligible for other grants (i.e., individual team grants, Class Pack grants, Qualcomm grant)

Steps to follow prior to applying for a team grant

1. Click here to sign in with your existing username and password OR to create a new user account. You can then register a team by either updating an existing team profile or by creating a new one. This video will help guide you through the process of creating a new team.

2. Complete the Youth Protection Plan (YPP) Screening process. This video will help to guide you through the screening process. Both coaches are required to complete the screening but your “passed” status remains valid for 36 months so coaches who have already been screened within the past 36 months need only accept the updated terms and conditions for YPP.

3. Pay the team registration fees by returning to the Dashboard and selecting “Please review your team for missing payment” from the list of Outstanding Tasks. You will be guided through a series of steps to create, review and place your order using your preferred payment method. This video will help guide you through the payment process. 

4. Order one or two 2020-21 RePLAY Challenge Set(s) by contacting Spectrum at 1-800-668-0600 to place your order. You will be required to provide your permanent team number to verify that you are an officially registered team so please wait until you have received confirmation from FIRST that your team registration fees have been processed.

5. Order one or more SPIKE Prime Sets and optional Expansion Kits from B&B Education by contacting Nathalie Laquerre at nathalielb@bb.ca or (416) 616-7472 or from Spectrum by contacting customer service at (800) 668-0600. Please retain proof of payment.

Steps to follow prior to applying for a Class Pack grant

1. Click here for instructions about how to create a Class Pack account and profile and to purchase a FIRST LEGO League Challenge Class Pack, which includes:

  • 2 Challenge Sets
  • 30 Engineering Notebooks
  • 1 Team Meeting Guide
  • 4 Robot Game Rulebooks
  • Class Pack Tournament Guide
  • Access to Thinkscape LMS & FIRST PLC

2. Order enough LEGO SPIKE Prime Sets to meet your desired student to robot ratio (recommended 4:1 or 7 robots for a class of 28) from B&B Education by contacting Nathalie Laquerre at nathalielb@bb.ca or (416) 616-7472 or from Spectrum by contacting Customer Service at (800) 668-0600.

3. Please retain proof of payment for both the Class Pack and robotics equipment as these will be required for completion of the grant application.