CANVAS Travel Awards Grant

CANVAS Travel Awards Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)
Amount: US $350 - US $500
Last Updated: February 12, 2026

Summary

The CANVAS Travel Awards provide essential funding for students and professionals in soil science to attend the CANVAS conference. These awards support research presentation, networking, and career advancement through various categories, including student travel grants and caregiver support. Beneficiaries gain opportunities to showcase their work, engage with experts, and contribute to discussions in soil science, enhancing their professional development and visibility within the community.

Overview

Travel Assistance Professional Travel Awards Advancing Pedology Award This award honors a significant peer-reviewed contribution made within the past five years that advances the field of pedology across areas like soil classification, morphology, genesis, or mapping. The award includes a $500 honorarium, waived abstract fees for CANVAS, and an invitation to present at the Advancing Pedology Colloquium during the conference. Indian University Graduate Student Travel Award To encourage the development of bright young soil scientists or agronomists who have recently completed their Ph.D. from a university in India, in the general area of quantifying soil-water-crop-climate process interactions and their applications in management. Caregiver Travel Award To support attendees who face challenges in attending CANVAS due to expenses related directly to their responsibilities as the primary caregiver for a child or other dependent. Student Travel Awards Advancing Pedology Award This award honors a significant peer-reviewed contribution made within the past five years that advances the field of pedology across areas like soil classification, morphology, genesis, or mapping. The award includes a $500 honorarium, waived abstract fees for CANVAS, and an invitation to present at the Advancing Pedology Colloquium during the conference. Graduate Student Travel Award To support qualified students who plan to present research at CANVAS, and are unable to attend the meeting without additional outside financial assistance (not fully supported by the professor, department, or program), and can provide justification outlining how meeting attendance will benefit their careers. Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip Award To support SSSA student participation in field trips/tours offered at CANVAS by subsidizing their participation. Henry Lin Travel Grant To support graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, who fit within the broad area of soil science in the form of a travel award, specifically for CANVAS. Jeffrey L. Smith Graduate Student Travel Award This travel award supports a graduate student presenting research in Soil Biology & Biochemistry or Forest, Range & Wildland Soils at CANVAS and encourages participation in these divisions. Robert J. Luxmoore Graduate Student Travel Award This award supports graduate students presenting research in Forest, Range & Wildland Soils at CANVAS. Luxmoore Soil Physics Student Travel Award This award provides travel support to undergraduate or graduate students presenting research in Soil Physics and Hydrology at CANVAS. Military Veterans in Agriculture Award This travel award supports up to four undergraduate or graduate student veterans from the U.S. or abroad in attending CANVAS to explore careers in agronomic and environmental sciences through scholarship, networking, and comradery. Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division Graduate Student Award This award recognizes a graduate student conducting innovative research in soil and water conservation with a $350 travel stipend to support attendance at CANVAS.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. These awards support students and professionals in presenting their research, networking with experts, and advancing their careers.Members of ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Award Committees are eligible to apply, nominate, and write a reference letter for all other awards, based on their Society membership(s). Board members, excluding Executive Committee members, are eligible to write a reference letter for undergraduate/graduate student scholarships presented by their Society only.Board Members, including Executive Committee members, are eligible to be nominated, to prepare a nomination, or to write a reference letter for any award, scholarship, or Fellow nomination presented by a Society for which they are not serving as board members.Graduate Student Travel AwardParticipants must be graduate student members of ASA, CSSA, or SSSA.Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip AwardParticipants must be undergraduate student members or graduate student members of ASA, CSSA, or SSSA.Nominees are required to be SSSA members.Henry Lin Travel AwardNominees must be within 7 years of their terminal degree as of 31 December in the award year. Note: The system checks the degree entered, if available. Ask the nominee to ensure their Degree is entered at: www.agronomy.org/account/about-meLuxmoore Soil Physics Student Travel AwardThe nominee will be an undergraduate or graduate student member of SSSA. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

Members of ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Award Committees are not eligible to be nominated, to prepare a nomination, or to write a reference letter for the specific award for which their committee is responsible. Board members for each Society, including Executive Committee members, are not eligible to be nominated, to prepare a nomination, or write a reference letter for any award or Fellow nomination from their Society.Board members, including Executive Committee members, also are not eligible to be nominated or prepare a nomination for any scholarship presented by the Society for which they serve.Graduate Student Travel AwardPast recipients are not eligible to receive additional graduate student travel grants.Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip AwardMembers of this SSSA Awards Committee and the SSSA Board of Directors are not eligible to be a nominee for this award.Henry Lin Travel AwardMembers of this SSSA Awards Committee and the SSSA Board of Directors are not eligible to be a nominee for this award.Former recipients of this Award are not eligible.Indian University Graduate Student Travel AwardFormer recipients of this Award are not eligible.Members of this SSSA Awards Committee, the SSSA Board of Directors, and the ASF Board of Trustees are not eligible to be a nominee for this award.