Student programs at CANVAS
Thank you for joining us: CANVAS 2025
CANVAS 2025 took place November 9-12, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah. CANVAS, formerly the ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, is where Crop, Agronomic, Environmental, and Soil Sciences connect and inspire change to impact scientific advancement.
CANVAS is a great opportunity for students to get involved, collaborate, attend career workshops and sessions, network with industry professionals, and present your research, all while having fun with your peers. Get inspired for the next step in your academic and professional career!
We invite you to join us for CANVAS 2026
CANVAS 2026 will take place November 1-4, 2025, in Portland, OR.
More information coming soon!
Student financial travel assistance
We offer a variety of CANVAS Travel Awards that are intended to support students with financial assistance to attend CANVAS.
You must submit an application for consideration of Travel Awards during open submission periods.
- CANVAS Travel Awards open in April
- CANVAS Travel Award deadline is in July
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.
Bridge Scholars
The Bridge Scholars Program encourages scientific development in agricultural and environmental sciences through scholarship, networking, and professional development for all students including those in historically under-represented groups.
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.
So many student activities
Students who attend CANVAS have extensive programming, activities, contests, and opportunities to network with peers and across the Societies.
Congratulations to the participants in our 2025 undergraduate contest winners. Click each link to find the winning teams and individuals.
