Every Kid Gets a Robot Interest Form

Are you an educational institution, organization, or nonprofit? Applications are open for Every Kid Gets a Robot (EKGAR), an affordable educational robot created by The STEAM Connection. Fill out our form to access our Make-A-Robot Platform to make your own robots or get your own kits sent to you. After our screening process, we will provide approved applicants the next steps with a plan that works for you. Please read this description before filling out the form.


About the application

Applications are open on a rolling basis for Every Kid Gets a Robot (EKGAR), an affordable educational robot created by The STEAM Connection. We are accepting applications for physical robot kits or for access to our virtual materials to 3D print and make your own robot kits.

This is a charitable program run by youth volunteers and we do not make a profit from our robots. The robots are hand-manufactured and made by our small team. We created this program with the goal of providing STEM solutions for classrooms who would not be able to afford it otherwise. If you serve youth, whether it be a corporate event, classroom, or youth programming - you qualify to receive robots. Unfortunately, at this time we cannot approve all applications due to a limited supply of robots and desire to provide robots to organizations that align with our mission. So, please be patient with us. We are doing the best we can as we receive tens of thousands of applications for robots weekly.


The screening process

Follow along to learn more about our screening process and to learn if you qualify. You can also read about the screening process at www.steamconnection.org/apply4ekgar


1. Who are you?

Are you applying on behalf of an organization or as an individual?

What is an organization? If you are a Tribal school, nonprofit organization, school, club, university, organization putting on youth programming, or company then you are an organization. 

​What is a non-organization? If you are an individual or family only wanting a few robots for your children, grandchildren, or immediate family then we consider you to not be an organization.


YES, we are an organization. Perfect - we might click, keep progressing through this page to see if our robots are the right fit for you.


NO, we are not an organization. We are sorry, but at this time we are not accepting individual applications at this time. We are only looking to provide robots to organizations that have the infrastructure to be able to support our program and have potential for scale. Hint: If you are an individual and want robots, apply with an organization. For example, if you are a homeschool family who wants robots, apply with your homeschool group or with a class. We want to share the robot love.



We are looking for people who want robots! You will fit into one of two categories. 

A) You want robot kits ready and assembled to be shipped to your school. The students would immediately be able to start building the robots.

B) You want to make the robots on your own by having access to files to 3D print the parts, to order the components, and to our unique learning tools. 


2. Corporate applicants

Are you a corporation or large institution looking to put on a youth event with robots? Fill out this application instead: https://forms.gle/ghEbKzB9oErpLRAT6






3. More about your category

If you are Category A:

Please note that we do our best to screen everyone quickly, but please be patient with us. We are a small team of all youth volunteers and receive tens of thousands of applications weekly and have a significant lead time due to sheer quantity of applications received. Robots are distributed based on supply. We are unfortunately not able to reply to everyone, and can only approve applications that align with our mission and are organization-based. This process is selective because of our capacity for manufacturing at this time. In the future we will be expanding, so please check our website in the future if you did not receive robots.


If you are Category B:

These requests can be approved within 1-3 months depending on the quantity of applications received. We are unfortunately not able to reply to everyone, and can only approve applications that align with our mission and are organization-based. Our screening process is looking for organizations that are a good-fit for this category and have the resources needed to make their own kits. This option is for US-based organizations only.


Who are we looking for?

1) We are looking for institutions, organizations, or nonprofits and not individuals looking for personal robots. 

2) We want to work with schools who are open to a long-term collaboration or partnership to serve their students with STEM.


Next steps
If you want to know more about your application status, have questions, or any other inquiries relating to your application please reach out here: https://forms.gle/Wf5phFVEjUentg4S6. Do not email us, we will not be able to reply there.

We want to get to know who you are and who you serve so that we can provide the right resources for you. In your application, tell us if you are an Indigenous organization, if you serve BIPOC youth, and who you’re focusing on. This will help us pair you with the right team members who relate to the background of the students you are serving.
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Email *
Full Name *
Title *
Are you applying on behalf of an organization/school/program/Tribe?
Applications open to representatives from organizations, schools, programs, and Tribes interested in bringing our Every Kid Gets a Robot (EKGAR) programming to their organization. We are not accepting applications from individuals at this time.
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Name of organization and program (if is different from the organization) *
Organization type

Help us better understand you.

Organization types can include for-profit and non-profit organizations serving Indigenous youths, academic institutions, Indigenous-led organizations, Tribal governments, Tribal schools serving any age group, and more.

Select as many as apply *
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Full Organizational Address *
Age group of students (select as many as apply) *
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Will the robots benefit Indigenous students or communities?
This question is asking if you are serving a classroom/school that has majority Indigenous students and are actively focusing on Indigenous youths. 

If you are not sure, do not know the number of Indigenous students in your classroom, serve a classroom that is not majority Indigenous students, or do not focus on Indigenous youths then select no. 
Please select yes, no, or maybe.
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Are you a Tribal school or Indigenous-led or focused organization?  *
If you are not an Indigenous focused program, do you serve any BIPOC youth? Please explain your classroom/program demographics to help us pair you with the right resources for your students.  *
Tell us more about your organization or school. What communities do you serve, how many students are in the free or reduced lunch program, are you a Title 1 School, etc (Optional)
Does your school have access to the Internet or WiFi? *
Which option best suits your needs? *
If you answered A, do you need robot kits to be supplied for free or can you afford to purchase them for your classroom?
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If you answered A, can you afford shipping?
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If you answered B, do you have the resources to be able to make your own kits? (3D printer, an address where you can receive packages, funding for the components)
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How many kits do you plan on making/ordering? *
Timeline of when you'd like to use the robot kits (please provide as much detail as possible) *
Do you need an in-class instructor *
If you answered yes, do you have a date range that you want an instructor?
If you answered "Yes, in-person" are you able to have an instructor virtually instead of in-person?
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If you answered "Yes, in-person" are you able to cover travel costs for the instructor? 
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What do you want the robots for? *
Why do you want to bring Every Kid Gets a Robot into your school? How do you plan to implement it? (program type, what type of event you need robots for, etc) (Optional)
Do you agree to be a part of our survey program to assess the effectiveness of our robots? *
How did you hear about us? We do not do any formal advertising so this is helpful to us!
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