Internal Faculty Funding Opportunities & Awards

🟩 – Undergraduates
🟧 – Graduates
🟦 – Lecturers
🟨 – Tenure Track
🟪 – Tenured
🟥 – Staff

This page is intended for use by Cal Poly Engineering Faculty to be aware of annual University and College of Engineering faculty funding opportunities and awards. Dates from the past indicate that the due date for this academic year has not yet been released (but may be released around the same time as the previous year). Some funding and awards are intended for students and/or staff, but faculty should be aware of these as many faculty serve as advisors for student projects and work with award-deserving students and staff. Also, for student scholarships, please direct students to login to the Cal Poly portal and click on the Cal Poly Scholarships link. They can fill out the application to become eligible for a wide range of scholarships and can check the box "Interested in applying for CSU Systemwide Scholarships" to fill out another application for CSU wide scholarships.

If you have any questions/comments about this page, please contact:
Bridget Benson, Associate Dean of Scholarship and Assessment,
at bbenson@calpoly.edu

PROJECT/RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Name DEADLINE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ELIGIBILITY
04/15/2024
4K
🟪 🟨 🟦
12/15/2023
$20/hr/student
🟪 🟨 🟦
06/30/2024
0.5K
🟪 🟨 🟦 🟥 🟩 🟧
12/06/2024
5K
🟪 🟨 🟦 🟥 🟩 🟧
03/11/2024
5K + WTUs
🟪 🟨
12/16/2024
40K
🟪 🟨 🟦
01/17/2025
various
🟪 🟨 🟦
10/4/2024
2K
🟪 🟨 🟦
various
various
🟧
1.5K
🟩 🟧
04/28/2024
10K
🟩 🟧
11/15/2024
20K
🟩
11/14/2024
5K
🟩 🟧
12/16/2024
0.5K
🟩🟧
04/01/2025
11K
🟪 🟨 🟦
12/12/2024
18K
🟪 🟨 🟦
11/12/2023
18K
🟪 🟨
02/2/2024
TBD
🟪 🟨 🟦 🟥
03/15/2024
15K
🟧 🟩
04/04/2025
1.5K
🟪 🟨 🟦
03/01/2024
30K
🟪 🟨
04/26/2024
5K
🟪 🟨 🟦 🟥
05/02/2025
3.5K
🟩
04/15/2024
145K
🟪 🟨 🟦
10/30/2024
150K
🟪🟨

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LEVEL AWARDS

Name DEADLINE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ELIGIBILITY
01/17/2025
2K
🟥
03/08/2024
TBD
🟪🟨 🟦
04/08/2024
TBD
🟪🟨 🟦
03/01/2024
2K
🟪🟨 🟦
04/19/2024
Various
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟧 🟥 🟩
04/29/2024
0.5K-1K
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟧 🟥 🟩
03/15/2024
0.5K
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟧 🟥 🟩
05/03/2024
TBD
🟧 🟩
03/08/2024
165
🟧 🟩
CENG Outstanding Staff Award – nominated by CENG Council
May 2025
TBD
🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
CENG Faculty/Staff Safety Award – nominations by CENG Safety Committee
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
CENG Student Safety Award – nominations by CENG Safety Committee
May 2025
TBD
🟧 🟩
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
May 2025
TBD
🟨 🟦 🟪 🟥
Cal Poly Academic Excellence – internal nominations
04/12/2024
TBD
🟧 🟩
Cal Poly Outstanding Graduate Student – internal nominations
04/12/2024
TBD
🟧
04/9/2024
0.25K
🟩
04/9/2024
0.25K
🟩
04/9/2024
0.25K
🟩
2K
🟪
10/31/2024
2K
🟪