ASF Funds

Sarah E. Lingle Priority Fund
The purpose of this ASF fund is to provide a fund for undesignated donations received that can be used at the discretion of the ASF Board to meet new areas of need. As we grow as societies and strive to expand our sciences' presence, this fund allows for the use of funds in new and meaningful ways to contribute to future challenges that come up in the areas of our sciences.

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Academic Undergraduate Scholarship Fund 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to support a program to develop outstanding future agronomy, crop, and soil scientists from the United States to provide leadership in coming decades.

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Francis and Evelyn Clark Soil Biology Scholarship Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to provide scholarships to graduate students in the field of soil biology.

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Frank D. Keim Graduate Fellowship Fund
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to support a scholarship to undergraduate seniors to pursue graduate study in agronomy or a closely related field.

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Gary "Pete" Peterson Dryland Soil Management Scholarship Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to encourage students to pursue research and careers in dryland soil management.

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Gerald O. Mott Scholarship for Meritorious Graduate Students in Crop Science Fund 
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to encourage advanced study within the field of crop science.  

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Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute Fund 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to support a program to develop an outstanding cadre of young crop scientists to provide leadership in coming decades. 

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Greenfield Scholars Program
The purpose of this ASA and Certified Crop Adviser affiliated fund is to support outstanding undergraduates in a Bachelor of Science or Associate of Science program with plans to enter the workforce upon graduation and pursue the Certified Crop Adviser / Certified Professional Agronomist profession and certification. 

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Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip Award 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to encourage student participation in field trips offered at SSSA meetings by subsidizing their participation and/or providing scholarships, or to encourage universities, agencies, etc. to organize field trips in connection with SSSA meetings by providing seed money for preparation when needed. 

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International Veterans in Agriculture Scholarship 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to provide travel assistance for active duty, reservists, veterans, and qualifying dependents who wish to attend CANVAS. 

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J. Fielding Reed Scholarship Fund 
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to provide awards or stipends to outstanding graduating university seniors who are pursuing a career in soil and plant sciences. 

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NAPB Borlaug Scholars Fund 
The purpose of this National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) associated fund is to develop the plant breeding science professions from across the world by strengthening the next generation of leaders in the profession, with an emphasis in plant breeding.  

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NAPB International Scholars Fund 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund, in partnership with the African Plant Breeding Association, is to develop the plant breeding science professions by strengthening the next generation of leaders in the profession. Per the agreement, students, both international and U.S., attending U.S. universities in upper-level undergraduate programs, or well advanced in their graduate degree programs, are encouraged to apply for the scholarship. 

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Nat and Ann Dellavalle Scholarship Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is a scholarship to encourage high school seniors to pursue careers in soil science and to be enrolled in a soil science major at an accredited program in the United States.

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Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to bring into focus the vital necessity and passion for the discipline of soil and water conservation by encouraging current students to consider a career in soil and water conservation.

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Advancing Pedology Lectureship Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to establish a colloquium hosted by the SSSA Pedology Division during CANVAS.

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Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship Fund
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to support an annual lectureship or special program to annually present research results, scientific concepts or philosophies, or historical retrospectives on subjects of general interest to the CSSA membership. 

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Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lectureship Fund 
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to provide a lectureship for the Biodiversity division. The lecture is to be presented by a distinguished individual who has made significant contributions to some aspect(s) of biodiversity. 

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Donald L. Sparks Distinguished Lectureship in Soil Chemistry 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to enrich the Soil Chemistry Division's Annual Meeting at CANVAS in the areas of soil chemistry and environmental geochemistry.  

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E.T. & Vam York Distinguished ASA Lectureship Fund
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to support a distinguished general member lectureship at CANVAS. 

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Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Soil Biology Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to provide a lectureship that focuses on topics in soil biology that are of interest to researchers, teachers, and students that emphasizes the role and importance of soil biology in addressing agricultural, environmental, or socio-economic issues. 

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Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lectureship Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is for a distinguished soil fertility lecture at CANVASg. 

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Martin and Ruth Massengale Distinguished Lectureship Fund 
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to enrich CANVAS programs of CSSA in areas of crop physiology and metabolism, turfgrass science, and forage and grazing lands. 

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Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to provide a lectureship at the annual CANVAS meeting in the topics of major advances and emerging research opportunities in soil science and allied disciplines that may stimulate new and innovative research efforts by SSSA members. Included will be disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research of domestic and international interest.

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Rattan Lal Climate Lectureship 
The purpose of this SSSA fund is to attract world-class speakers to enhance the quality and value of programs for SSSA members. 

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Ron Phillips Plant Genetics Lectureship Fund 
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to enrich annual CANVAS meeting programs of CSSA in areas of plant genetics, breeding, and biotechnology.

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Sergei A. Wilde–Robert J. Luxmoore Endowment for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division Fund 
This SSSA associated fund has 3 awards for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division. The first award is for an annual lectureship focusing on current and emerging developments in the area of forest soils. The second is a career achievement award to recognize significant accomplishments in research by an individual in this field. The third is a graduate student travel award to defray the student's expenses to CANVAS to make a presentation. 

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William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to establish a Wetland Soils Division lectureship at the annual CANVAS meeting. 

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Consulting Soil Scientists Educational Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support the development and delivery of educational programs that target practicing soil scientists, consulting soil scientists, and/or members of SSSA's Consulting Soil Scientists Division 

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Dixon Soil Mineralogy Program Excellence Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support and encourage graduate student study in the soil mineralogy area. 

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Gaylon and Judith Campbell Soil Physics Mentoring Program
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support and mentor students and early career SSSA members who fit within the broad area of soil physics and hydrology. 

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Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute Fund
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to support a program to develop an outstanding cadre of young crop scientists to provide leadership in coming decades. 

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Greenfield Scholars Program
The purpose of this ASA and Certified Crop Adviser affiliated fund is to support outstanding undergraduates in a Bachelor of Science or Associate of Science program with plans to enter the workforce upon graduation and pursue the Certified Crop Adviser / Certified Professional Agronomist profession and certification. 

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NAPB Borlaug Scholars Fund
The purpose of this National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) associated fund is to develop the plant breeding science professions from across the world by strengthening the next generation of leaders in the profession, with an emphasis in plant breeding. 

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Richard R. Johnson Graduate Student Program Fund
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to enhance programming for graduate students involved in the societies and to encourage them to remain in the profession of agronomy. 

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Tanner Mentoring Fund
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to mentor students and early career members; familiarize them with the functioning of the Biophysical Measurements and Sensors community and related disciplines/communities within the American Society of Agronomy (ASA); and provide guidance and feedback on their role in education, agricultural and environmental sciences, and in society. 

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Chris Stiegler Turfgrass Science Graduate Student Travel Fund
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to support yearly travel awards to deserving graduate students and reward their outstanding contributions to the Turf Science Division so that they may attend and participate in CANVAS. 

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Graduate Student Travel Grant
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA fund is to provide one-time travel assistance for one or more graduate students to attend CANVAS. 

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Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to encourage student participation in field trips offered at SSSA meetings by subsidizing their participation and/or providing scholarships, or to encourage universities, agencies, etc. to organize field trips in connection with SSSA meetings by providing seed money for preparation when needed. 

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Henry Lin Travel Grant Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend CANVAS with travel awards.

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ICSC Travel Fund
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to help build international activities as a valued component of young scientists' scientific careers.

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International Veterans in Agriculture Scholarship
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to provide travel assistance for active duty, reservists, veterans, and qualifying dependents who wish to attend CANVAS.

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JL Smith Biology & Biochemistry & Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Graduate Student Travel Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support yearly travel awards to deserving graduate student(s) and reward their outstanding contributions to the Soil Biology & Biochemistry or Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Divisions so that they may attend and participate in the SSSA annual CANVAS meeting. 

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Lloyd R. Frederick Soil Teaching Travel Study Award Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to assist soil science instructors in funding international study travel, which benefits the teacher, their home institution, and their host institution.

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Luxmoore Soil Physics Travel Award
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support travel of one undergraduate and one graduate student to attend CANVAS. 

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Sergei A. Wilde–Robert J. Luxmoore Endowment for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division Fund
This SSSA associated fund has 3 awards for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division. The first award is for an annual lectureship focusing on current and emerging developments in the area of forest soils. The second is a career achievement award to recognize significant accomplishments in research by an individual in this field. The third is a graduate student travel award to defray the student's expenses to attend and present at CANVAS. 

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Darrel S. Metcalfe Student Manuscript Contest Fund
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to support an annual student manuscript contest. From this contest, 3 students will have their manuscripts printed in the scientific publication, Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 

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Don and Betty Kirkham Fund
This SSSA associated fund has 2 purposes. The first is to support a Kirkham Conference which is held every 4 years for leading topics of interest to soil physics scientists. The second is to annually provide an honorarium for the acknowledgment of achievement in the area of soil physics.

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Hans Jenny Soil Field Trip Award 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to encourage student participation in field trips offered at SSSA meetings by subsidizing their participation and/or providing scholarships, or to encourage universities, agencies, etc. to organize field trips in connection with SSSA meetings by providing seed money for preparation when needed.

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Kingenta Agricultural Science Award Fund 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to recognize those who have made significant contributions to Chinese agricultural sciences in research, extension, and policy making, which result in securing a better and sustainable food supply, implementing environmentally friendly management practices, and improving farmers' working conditions and profitability. 

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L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling Award Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to present an award to a soil scientist, agronomist, or crop scientist in recognition of recent distinguished contributions and their demonstrated impact on related research.

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Lena and Maria van der Ploeg Fund
This ASA and SSSA associated fund has 2 purposes. The first is to support the Kirkham Conference which is held every 4 years for leading topics of interest to soil physics scientists. The second is to support the Sprengel Agronomic Research Award. 

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Lloyd R. Frederick Soil Teaching Travel Study Award Fund
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to assist soil science instructors in funding international study travel, which benefits the teacher, their home institution, and their host institution. 

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Luxmoore Soil Physics Travel Award 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to support travel of one undergraduate and one graduate student to attend CANVAS. 

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Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to recognize and award mid-career soil scientists for excellence in creative reasoning and skill in obtaining pertinent data; quality of teaching soil chemistry and mineralogy at undergraduate or graduate levels; and total impact of contributions on soil science and other fields, nationally or internationally.

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Robert F Barnes Graduate Education Award Fund 
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to offer annual awards to top graduate student abstracts of the Forage and Grazinglands Division. 

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Sergei A. Wilde–Robert J. Luxmoore Endowment for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division Fund 
This SSSA associated fund has 3 awards for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division. The first award is for an annual lectureship focusing on current and emerging developments in the area of forest soils. The second is a career achievement award to recognize significant accomplishments in research by an individual in this field. The third is a graduate student travel award to defray the student's expenses to attend and present at CANVAS. 

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Tengtou Agricultural Science Award 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund is to recognize those who have made significant contributions to Chinese agricultural sciences in research, extension, and policy making with an emphasis on plants, which result in securing a better and sustainable food supply, implementing environmentally friendly management practices, and improving farmers' working conditions and profitability.

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Werner L. Nelson Award for Diagnosis of Yield-Limiting Factors Fund 
The purpose of this ASA associated fund is to recognize individuals, or groups of individuals, with outstanding performance of diagnostic techniques and approaches in the diagnosis of yield-limiting factors of crop production. 

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America/New Zealand Soil Science Professional Exchange Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund, in partnership with the New Zealand Soil Science Professional group, is to support bilateral exchanges annually; exchanges from New Zealand to the United States will be funded for travel occurring substantially in even-numbered years, and exchanges from the United States to New Zealand will be funded for travel occurring substantially in odd-numbered years.

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Don and Betty Kirkham Fund 
This SSSA associated fund has 2 purposes; the first is to support a Kirkham Conference which is held every 4 years for leading topics of interest to soil physics scientists; and the second is to annually provide an honorarium for the acknowledgment of achievement in the area of soil physics. 

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Dr. George Bouyoucos Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is promoting the advancement and diffusion of knowledge in the field of soils for the benefit of mankind.

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ICSC Travel Fund 
The purpose of this CSSA associated fund is to help build international activities as a valued component of young scientists' scientific careers. 

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Lena and Maria van der Ploeg Fund 
This ASA and SSSA associated fund has 2 purposes. The first is to support the Kirkham Conference which is held every 4 years for leading topics of interest to soil physics scientists. The second is to support the Sprengel Agronomic Research Award. 

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Lloyd R. Frederick Soil Teaching Travel Study Award Fund 
The purpose of this SSSA associated fund is to assist soil science instructors in funding international study travel, which benefits the teacher, their home institution, and their host institution. 

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NAPB International Scholars Fund 
The purpose of this ASA, CSSA, and SSSA associated fund, in partnership with the African Plant Breeding Association, is to develop the plant breeding science professions by strengthening the next generation of leaders in the profession. Per the agreement, students, both international and U.S., attending U.S. universities in upper-level undergraduate programs, or well advanced in their graduate degree programs, are encouraged to apply for the scholarship. 

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