SPICE Awards

SPICE Awards for Innovative Instruction or to Modernize Classroom Equipment are funded through the campus Student Success Fee.
Awards are made through an annual competitive process to support faculty in efforts to improve the learning environment for Cal Poly Pomona students.

Detailed processes must be followed to spend your SPICE Award. Please work with your academic department office or Dean’s Office to assure complete and appropriate paperwork.
SPICE funds are state dollars spent using state policies, processes, and deadlines.

1. All tangible purchases must be received at Cal Poly Pomona Distribution Services. No items may be delivered to faculty or staff residences.
2. All State purchases of $5,000 or more need the approval of the appropriate Vice President.
   Please route packets through the Dean’s office for approval.
3. Expense packets should include:
   1. Quote, estimate, contract agreement and/or other appropriate purchase request
      documentation
   2. Requisition with signature approval or plan for P-Card process
   3. Expenditure request memo or email approved by the Dean

Awarded funds must be used for the purposes budgeted in the original proposal.
For changes, request approval from the SPICE Committee via email at spicecommittee@cpp.edu.

Expenditures may begin on July 1 after receiving your award notice.

• Budget will be posted in the department as part of the annual budget process. Funds which have not been spent by the end of the fiscal year (June 30) will be reverted to the Student Success Fee fund for future SPICE projects.
• At the end of the year, the SPICE committee will request a brief (2-3 pages) summary of spending and assessment of the outcomes achieved.