Applications are open for the Robert D. & Dorothy W. Talty Endowed Scholarship.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Applicants must be in good academic standing.
- Be currently enrolled as a full-time equivalent undergraduate or graduate student majoring in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology or computer sciences at a CSU campus.
- Remain a CSU full-time equivalent student during the academic year.
- Demonstrate financial need as determined by the campus Financial Aid office.
In 2012, the Robert and Dorothy Family Trust established an endowment to provide funds for scholarships for CSU students majoring in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology and computer sciences.
Application deadline: Contact the financial aid department at your campus for more information.
Award amount: One (1) $7,500 scholarship will be awarded for the academic year.
How to apply: The Financial Aid Office will review applicants to ensure they meet all stated requirements. The campus may submit two (2) applicants for consideration to the CSU Foundation to make the final selection.
Completed applications submitted by the campus Financial Aid Office to the CSU Foundation must include the following:
Personal Statement (300 word count for each):
- What experience has impacted your personal growth?
- Tell us about a time you failed. What did you learn from that experience?
- Why are you pursuing your major? How does it relate to your career aspirations?
- Provide an example of service beyond the classroom (i.e., have you taken on significant family obligations, helped others in a specific way, been involved in political action, worked/volunteered/interned at a particular organization, etc.). Why is this example significant to you?
Cal Poly can nominate 1 student. The Financial Aid Office will send the list of eligible students to departments on May 4, 2026. Departments must send their finalists to Kathi Good at kjgood@calpoly.edu by May 8, 2026.
Feel free to contact me at kjgood@calpoly.edu if you have scholarship questions, or Brandon Stieler at bstieler@calpoly.eduif you have application questions.
