Travel Information
CANVAS 2025 will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Most of our events will be held at Salt Palace Convention Center, which is located at 100 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Please use the West Temple Entrance.
Some events will take place at Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek at 75 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.
The official language of CANVAS is English.
Traveling to Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is the main airport for Salt Lake City.
Amtrak and Greyhound offer rail and motorcoach service to Salt Lake City from virtually anywhere on the continent.
Salt Lake City requires your ID at entry in all bar restaurants and at the table when ordering alcoholic drinks in restaurants.
Here's all the information you'll need for your time in Salt Lake City.
Traveling to the United States
All travelers to the United States must hold a passport that is valid six months longer than the intended visit. Most travelers also require a visa. Find information on obtaining a U.S. visa, the visa waiver program for travelers from selected countries, and more here.
Visa Process
If you require a visa, please recognize that the visa application process may take several months or more. An interview appointment is required for a visa application at all embassies and consulates. The wait time for this appointment varies, but may be as long as three months or more, with processing taking an additional month or more. The wait time for visa applications is available on the State Department's Website. You should begin this process as soon as you make the decision to attend the Annual Meeting. You can print your own letter of intended participation to accompany your visa application.
Receive a Letter of Intended Participation.
Experiencing a Delay in Travel Visa Processing?
The International Visitors Office (IVO) assists international students, scholars, and other travelers who are coming to the United States for scientific purposes. The IVO additionally provides resources to the broader scientific community on visa interview preparation and travel to the United States. Contact them at (202) 334-2481 or visas@nas.edu.
There is no endorsement intended by ASA, CSSA, or SSSA for attractions, products, services, or vendors mentioned on these pages, nor is any criticism implied of similar attractions, services, or vendors not mentioned. NOTE: Please confirm the above information, as it is subject to change.
Travel Assistance
Apply for a 2025 Travel Award, now open!
View all open awards here.
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.
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.
