Competitive Grants to Support Learn by Doing

What is the Purpose of the Endowments?

The purpose of the Baker and Koob Endowments is to support hands-on, project-based learning opportunities for individual students and groups at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 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. Fundable projects include, 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 Do I Apply for Funding?

All information on the application process can be found in the Request for Proposals below. The deadline for Fall 2017 Baker/Koob proposals is November 6, 2017. Questions may be directed to Mike Miller at mdmiller@calpoly.edu or 756-5773.

Critical Documents

Updated 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.