How are BEST hubs run?
Groups of local individuals, organizations or professional engineering societies, college or universities run their local hubs on a voluntary basis. Local hubs pay BEST Inc. an annual licensing fee to participate. These groups raise the funds to cover the costs of the competition, which average about $28,000/year to run a hub for 24 teams. The costs are lower, obviously, for smaller hubs and first-year costs are higher than subsequent years’ costs due to the initial purchase of equipment in the Returnables Kit and other start-up costs.
