Costs and Grants

Start Up Costs

— New Team

TEAM START-UP COSTS ~$550

  • Team Registration Fee: $130 CAD ($99 USD) includes
    • 1 Meeting Guide
    • 1 LEGO  Explore Set
    • 6 Engineering Notebooks
  • Shipping for Season Materials from FIRST Headquarters: $25 CAD ($18 USD)
  • Robotics Kit (can be reused from year to year):
    • LEGO® Education Spike Essentials: $285 CAD/set (includes taxes)
  • Festival Registration Fee: up to $50
  • Miscellaneous (i.e., team shirts, project display board, food, supplies, etc.): $60 CAD

* Varies depending on the exchange rate and shipping costs

— New Class Pack

CLASS PACK START-UP COSTS ~$2700 CAD*

  • Class Pack Registration Fee of CAD 650 ($495 USD) includes:
    • 1 Meeting Guide
    • 1 Festival Guide
    • 7 LEGO Explore Sets
    • 30 Engineering Notebooks
  • Shipping for Season Materials from FIRST Headquarters: CAD 120 ($105 USD)
  • 7 LEGO® Education Spike Essentials:**: $1930 (when purchased from B&B Education or Spectrum)

* Varies depending on the exchange rate and shipping costs

** Reusable from year to year after the initial investment

Apply for a Grant

Available Grants

  • Explore Class Pack Grant ($1000)
  • Explore Team Grant ($200)

Grant Criteria

Team Grant Criteria

  1. This grant cannot be combined with the LEGO® Foundation or Class Pack, grants
  2. To be eligible, teams must be a part of a school, recognized company or community group such as a home school group, library etc.
  3. Grants are to be used for the creation of up to FIVE new single FIRST LEGO® League Explore teams per school/organization. If your organization runs less than 5 single FLL Explore teams you may apply for more funding until you reach 5 teams after that no additional grants will be approved
  4. Teams must commit to the program for a minimum of one year and participate in an official Ontario Festival.

Class Pack Grant Criteria

  1. To be eligible, teams must be a part of a school, recognized company or community group such as a home school group, library etc.
  2. Teams must commit to the program from a minimum of one year and participate in an official Ontario Festival
  3. This grant cannot be combined with the LEGO® Foundation

Registration Steps

Applying for a Team Grant

Click here for instructions on creating a user profile, a registering a team. Please await notification from FIRST Headquarters that your payment has been processed. Order 1 or more LEGO® Education Spike Essentials from

  1. Brault & Bouthillier (Montreal, QC)
  2. InkSmith (Waterloo, ON)
  3. Spectrum Educational Supplies (Newmarket, ON)
  4. Studica (Mississauga, ON)

Please retain the proof of payment for the Class Pack and robotics equipment, as these will be required to complete the grant application.

Applying for a Class Pack Grant

  1. Click here for instructions on creating a user profile and Class Pack account and purchasing a FIRST LEGO League Explore Class Pack. Please await notification from FIRST Headquarters that your payment has been processed.
  2. Order enough LEGO® Education Spike Essentials: to meet your desired student-to-robot ratio (recommend 6 LEGO® Education Spike Essentials:  kits for a class of 24) from.
  3. Please retain the proof of payment for the Class Pack and robotics equipment, as these will be required to complete the grant application.