Fall 2026 Buggy Enhancement Grant Applications are Open!

Apply Here:
cmubuggy.org/2026fallgrant

It’s time to submit your ideas for Buggy Enhancement Grants for the fall semester! Through the generosity of the various members of the Buggy Alumni Association we have secured funds for the Buggy Enhancement Grants! This money belongs to you as a member of the buggy community to enhance the sport. If you have ideas that you think will enhance the buggy experience, we want to hear from you! 

Submissions are due by October 9th and will be reviewed by the Buggy Endowed Fund Committee the following week. Applicants will have one week to respond to committee feedback before the final vote. Approved grants will then be announced October 23rd.

Proposals can be specific to your team, please include some details on how the community as a whole will benefit from funding your project. For example, you might share documentation of your process, publish a video, or give a talk about your findings. You might build something to collect better data during rolls, test out a new material, or build something to make chores easier.

Apply Here:
cmubuggy.org/2026fallgrant

For Raceday 2026 Buggy Enhancement Grants, we approved $7,370 to fund 7 projects from 7 different organizations.

For more information on the grant program, including previously approved grant applications, materials and findings from previously approved grants, how to spend your grant money, and more, please read All About Buggy Enhancement Grants.

Rolls Report September 19: Rolls, they sure happened

We got hit with more rain again this weekend, leaving us again with a single day of rolls. And what a typical day of rolls it was — a spin in the chute, unwelcome guests on the course, and more in this weekend’s rolls report. Plus, we have the addition of a video report this week!

TeamSaturday
ApexSolaris, Molotov, Scorch
CIAGoldfinch, Kingfisher
FringeBaltic, Blind Faith
RobobuggyShort Circuit, NAND
SDCParanoia, Lust, Vice
SpiritZuke, Inviscid, Kingpin

Photos: Saturday (Upload)

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Rolls Report September 12: New Year, News Flash, Flash Floods

Welcome back everyone to another year of buggy! I’m James, your rolls reporter, here to bring you all the news from the course served with a big helping of buggy-typical whimsy.

Unfortunately, Pittsburgh is not quite out of its flash-flood season. We had some light rain in the middle of rolls, though, not enough to scratch for the rest of the day. There were only a handful of drops on my reporting notebook (yes, physical notes to ensure my complete thoughts cannot be used to train a buggy AI to replace me). The teams were quite efficient with the time they had, getting through the rolls order 5 times; however, afternoon rains on Saturday was enough to cancel rolls for Sunday.

TeamSaturday
ApexSolaris, Molotov, Scorch
CIAStarling, Emperor, Goldfinch
FringeBermuda, Baltic
RobobuggyShort Circuit, NAND
SDCParanoia, Lust
SpiritSeraph, Inviscid

Photos: Saturday (Upload)

The passing of time and fresh students in the sport always begs the question, what has changed about buggy? What has stayed the same? In this rolls report we bring some rapid-fire highlights.

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100+ Years of Buggy History – 2023

Table of Contents: Intro & 1920; 1921-1923; 1924-1927; 1928-1932; 1933-1935; 1936-1939; 1940-1945; 1946-1949; 1950-1953; 1954-1956; 1957-1959; 1960-1963; 1964-1966; 1967-1969; 1970-1973; 1974-1976; 1977-1979; 1980-1983; 1984-1986; 1987-1989; 1990-1993; 1994-1996; 1997-1999; 2000-2003; 2004-2006; 2007-2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; Recap & 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023

It’s September, and you know what that means…it’s time for another 100+ Years of Buggy History article. This year, we look back on 2023. We’re finally back on the tracks after COVID knocked us off, with a full year of Rolls with decent weather and 2 full days of racing! And not only are we back on the tracks, but we’re expanding them, with the first new competitive division since 1979! Of course, you can’t have the good without the bad, and Raceday 2023 ended up being particularly controversial, as one organization got into trouble with the school, one team saw their victory erased, and one team’s winning streak would come to an end…a month before Raceday.

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