The Opportunity

RoboCup Junior Australia (‘RoboCup Junior’ or ‘RCJA’) is a national non-profit that seeks to further STEM education by engaging Primary and Second school students in regional, state and national robotics competitions. RoboCup Junior started in Australia in 1999, and is the largest, widest reaching and longest running robotics competition in Australia.

RCJA’s local, state and national competition events for school age children, and teacher training to support educators in developing the essential skills to engineer, build and program robots that are applied in sport, creatives arts, and rescue/logistics. This event is fundamental in sparking interest in these fields and making it easy to understand and fun.

Our programs continue to grow, and we are accessible for all girls and boys, with a focus on increasing participation from regional and indigenous communities.

Our events are a proven pipeline for children to pursue STEM qualifications and careers.

Invest in Future STEM Leaders

Without the support of our partners over the last 24 years, RCJ would not be where it is today, a national organisation running 40+ annually across every state and territory in Australia. Our partners understand the importance of investing in developing Australia’s STEM talent of the future and see it as not only an investment in their future students or employees but as a social responsibility to
ensure that Australia develops the skills for a prosperous and sustainable economic future.

To support national growth and regional engagement, RoboCup Junior Australia engaging all organisations in Australia who have a vested interest in developing STEM skills for the future, with the objective of establishing a mutually beneficial partnership agreement for our 2023 National Event, and beyond. We need your support to ensure the event continues to be accessible for students from all educational sectors and backgrounds through low team entry fees.

RoboCup Junior has a long history of sound management, innovation and delivering on stakeholder interests and expectations.

About Our Annual National Event

• ​The RoboCup Junior Australia National Event is RoboCup Juniors’ premier event, focusing on not only engineering and IT skills, but extending right across the school curriculum. As the cumulation of a year long season of skill development workshops, and regional and state events held right across Australia, this event attracts primary and secondary school age students from all corners of Australia and welcomes overseas entrants too.
• ​In 2023, the event will be held in the heart of Melbourne, in Stadium Five at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) in Albert Park from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October. Strong attendance is anticipated, with in excess of 1000 people expected to attend, including over 500 students.
• ​These students work together in school, through clubs and groups, or independently at home to design, build and program robots over the course of the year prior to competing in across four robotic challenges (OnStage, Rescue Line, Rescue Maze and Soccer) over two and a half days.
• ​When last held in Melbourne in 2019, this event was attended by 200 teams, comprising of 528 students from 73 schools and organisations.

Your Investment will Help Fund:

• ​Venue
• Equipment
• ​Logistics
• ​Transport and entry fee subsidies for regional students

Partnering with RoboCup Junior as a 2023 National Event sponsor means you are supporting students from across all states and territories throughout Australia. As RoboCup Junior is 100% run by volunteers, all sponsorship funds directly contribute to the execution of the national event. Our volunteer’s backgrounds include primary and secondary education (across the public, catholic and independent sectors), tertiary education, government and science, technology, engineering and mathematics industries.

Sponsorship Profile

RoboCup Junior Australia has been fortunate to partner with many generous sponsors throughout its 20+ year history. Sponsoring organisations have represented the corporate, government and education sector, with those supporting events held previously in Victoria including:

• ​Modern Teaching Aids
• ​Victorian State Government
• ​Mathworks
• ​Alcoa
• ​The University of Melbourne

The opportunity to be an event sponsor provides relevant and cost-effective exposure for your organisation. Partnership options begin at only $1,000 and are fully tax-deductable.

Sponsorship Tiers and Benefits

The following pages outline a guide to the sponsorship tiers, detailing each tier’s benefits and the required financial commitment.

This is intended as a guide only, and benefits and requirement financial commitment is negotiable individually and confidentially with each sponsor.

Sponsorship Tiers

	Supporter	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Exclusive Diamond
Event Presence
Sponsor Stand		Small table	Double Table	Premium Table	Premium Table
55" Monitor
Banner In Backgound of Award Recipents
Included in Official Photographs
Co-Branding
Logo included on national event page on the RCJA site
Event Email Direct Marketing
Logo included on every page of Official RCJA Website, and in Event Email Direct Marketing
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement of sponshorship during event opening and closing proceedings
Opportuinity to assist with presenting awards at conclusion of event
Opportunity to speak during event opening proceedings
Data Sharing
Full access to email addresses and related information of teachers and other mentors who have registered teams for events and consented to sharing their contact information with sponsoring organisation
Naming Rights
One of the challenges at the national event will be presented by your organisation e.g. ‘Soccer Challenge presented by ACME’
National event will be presented by your organisation e.g. ‘2022 RoboCup Junior National Event, presented by ACME’
Event title will include your organisations name e.g. ‘2023 ACME RoboCup Junior Australia Australian Open National Championships’
Access to Sponsorship Add-Ons
Access to Sponsorship Add-Ons (See Below)
Yes, with $500 Add-On credit
Exclusivity
Non-exclusive, RCJA may have multiple national event supporters
Excusive, RCJA will only have one Diamond partner for the national event
	$1,000	$2,000	$4,000	$8,000	$16,000