Competitive Grants to Support Learn by Doing

Baker and Koob Endowments

The Warren J. Baker Endowment for Excellence in Project-Based Learning and the Robert D. Koob Endowment for Student Success support hands-on, project-based learning opportunities for individual students and groups at Cal Poly. Because of their similar purpose, distributions of the two endowments will be pooled and used to fund multiple student projects via a competitive process that utilizes a single application.

Funds may be used for, but are not limited to, student support, student and faculty travel, student and faculty expenses associated with participation in student research, group projects, conferences, competitions, and equipment and materials related to student research.

The use of funds is not restricted to a specific major or college, but rather is intended to support multi-disciplinary, cross-college collaborative Learn by Doing activities. In addition, the Koob Endowment seeks to support students with financial need.

How To Apply

The application process for the 2021-2022 Baker/Koob grants will open this fall. Please email baker-koob@calpoly.edu with any questions.

Critical Documents

For your information, older RFP and forms appear below.

• Request for Proposals (PDF)
• Application Template Cover Sheet (docx)
• Application Template (docx)
• Final Report Template (docx)

Student teams looking for accounting, finance or marketing expertise for their projects may contact Associate Professor Li Dang for matching with appropriate business students.