Amount not published
Manuel C Kaster Scholarship
Application
- GPA
- 2.5
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt · California
Cal Poly Humboldt Merit Aid
Cal Poly Humboldt awards merit aid to students pursuing specialized studies in environmental science, natural resources, and marine biology.
Verified Jun 20264 days ago· HX-AUTO
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Last verifiedJun 2026Analyst HX-AUTO
Rules that bite at Cal Poly Humboldt
The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Cal Poly Humboldt's own published policy, not generic advice.
- displacementNo published displacement order
Cal Poly Humboldt's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.
Who this school is for
This aid is designed for students focused on hands-on work in environmental and natural science fields, particularly those interested in research or teaching careers.
Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $29,894 for 2026-2027. Source
Institutional merit aid tiers
Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.
Up to $750
Csu Coast Awards
Application
- GPA
- 2
Up to $1,000
Green Diamond Resource Company Natural Resources Scholarship
Application
Amount not published
Northern California Botanists Barbara Castro Student Botany Research Scholarship Program
Application
$1,500
Western Chapter Of The International Society Of Arboriculture Scholarship
Application
Outside scholarship stacking policy
The Humboldt First Scholarship is stackable with housing and other scholarships.
The Humboldt First Scholarship is stackable with housing and other scholarships.
Lesser-known scholarships at Cal Poly Humboldt
Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityFred and Margaret Telonicher Memorial Scholarship is granted annually to a Cal Poly Humboldt undergraduate student in any concentration or major within the Department of Biological Sciences exclusively on the basis of academic excellence.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityBrusca Zoology Scholarship is awarded annually to graduate students in their 1st or 2nd year at Humboldt with exceptional interest and promise in field and/or laboratory studies of Invertebrate Zoology.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilitySterling J. Sam Botany Diversity Award is for qualifying Botany seniors and graduate students and is based primarily on academic experience, with field and/or research experience also considered.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityStephen Hillenburg Marine Science Research Award is awarded based on a research proposal and academic excellence to recognize students conducting creative marine science research.
Amount$500–$1,500EligibilitySiering/Wilson Undergraduate Research Endowment funds undergraduate research activities in Microbial Ecology and Environmental Microbiology, with multiple grants of $500-$1500 anticipated.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityMalcolm Oliphant Scholarships in Marine Science are awarded on the basis of excellence, with academic promise demonstrated by scholastic achievement and faculty letters.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityMilton J. Boyd Teaching Associate Award recognizes outstanding first-year graduate students in Biological Sciences who have served as Teaching Associates through exemplary performance.
Amount$2,500–$3,000EligibilityJames F. Welsh Biology Scholarship provides multiple scholarships of $2,500 - $3,000 to eligible senior-standing biology, botany, or zoology majors with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher who intend to pursue graduate education in the biological sciences.
How Cal Poly Humboldt compares across our verified dataset
- 199 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
Cal Poly Humboldt is in a recognizable cluster (199 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
- 199 of 751 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
Cal Poly Humboldt is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against Cal Poly Humboldt’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.
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