Summary:
Tuition support for Master’s candidates focusing on soil and water conservation.
Application Deadline Date:
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Upper Limit Amount ($):
3,500
Academic Area:
Soil and Water Conservation
Description:
Great soil and water conservationists do not evolve from our education systems, but are nurtured throughout their education and career building period by conservation stalwarts who have traveled on before them. Credit must be given to the mentors and colleagues that have shaped the field of soil and water conservation before us. The reality is the number of professionals, mentors, college curriculums, and students are diminishing in the field of soil and water conservation. This Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship is meant to bring back into focus the vital necessity and passion for our discipline by encouraging current students to consider a career in soil and water conservation. The award is supported by funds from the Soil and Water Management & Conservation Division to the Agronomic Science Foundation and administered by SSSA.
Evaluation:
- Current scholastic accomplishments (classes taken, projects completed). Transcripts not required
- Student’s career goals in soil and water conservation
- Student’s work experiences in the field of soil and water conservation
- Major professor’s support and acknowledgement of student’s activities
- Student’s vision of the importance of soil and water conservation in their near future
Award Purpose:
Tuition
Year In School:
Masters
Eligibility Requirement - Gender:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Citizenship:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Residency:
Any
Eligibility Requirement - Other:
Eligibility
Nominee
- The candidate must be a student enrolled in a North American (USA, Canada, and Mexico) University. Preference will be given to students enrolled in a land grant university, or other universities or colleges having an equivalent agricultural curriculum.
- The student can be a junior or senior in a B.S. program or a M.S. candidate.
- This award allows self-nominations.
- Former recipients of this Award are not eligible.
- Members of this SSSA Awards Committee and the SSSA Board of Directors are not eligible to be a nominee for this award.
Reference
- The student’s major professor must support the candidate by writing a letter of support.
- Members of this SSSA Awards Committee and the SSSA Board of Directors are not eligible to be a reference for this award.
Specializations:
Climate Change Science and Solutions
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
Forestry
People, Equity, and the Environment
Water Resource Science & Management
Urban
Date Updated:
Monday, April 21, 2025
Recurring:
Annual - Jun
Amount:
3500