Support the Graduate Student Travel Grant Program

Abstract

The ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Graduate Student Travel Grants were a great success for the 2021 International Annual Meeting! We awarded 11 students with travel grants to assist in their ability to participate in the meeting. "This opportunity gave me the encouragement to continue with the research that can advance the scientific community," says Marcia Quinby, one recipient of the travel grant. For the 2022 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, we hope to continue on that success and award at least 10 student (up to $750/student) travel grants.This program, which is the first of its kind within the Societies, was launched in 2020 and has been strategically raising funds with the support of the Agronomic Science Foundation (ASF). Currently, after awarding the 2021 recipients, the program has approximately $20,000, and we are eager to keep building these funds. As members of the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Graduate Student Committee, we would like to see the program grow to be able to fund travel grants every year. The first step towards this goal