Nominations for Distinguished Scholarship Award Now Open

The nomination period is now open for the AY 2026-27 Distinguished Scholarship Award. This award honors achievement in scholarship and creative activity across the entire range of disciplines represented at Cal Poly, including writing, scientific research, the fine arts and many other fields. This award primarily recognizes work conducted at Cal Poly and celebrates exemplary accomplishments of the university’s faculty.

The nomination form can be found here.

Information about the award and prior recipients can be found here.

Information about the DSA Committee can be found here.

We encourage you to nominate your colleagues and/or yourself; many of the top candidates have been self-nominated.

The nomination deadline is Friday, Oct. 23 at 11:59 p.m.

Recipients will be recognized at commencement, as well as fall convocation. As a note, nominees must be part of Unit 3, but nominators can be faculty, staff, students or alumni.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to the Academic Senate office or the DSA Committee chair Lars Tomanek.