Annually, the PRSSS offers 3 awards for students: Soil Science Student Awards, Poster Competition Awards, and the Warkentin Prize. Please see the information below for each of the awards:
The PRSSS in partnership with the Y.P. Heung Foundation awards a graduate student and an undergraduate student on the merits of:
- Academic achievement
- Research proposal (graduate students only)
- Leadership and community service
- Communication skills
- Letters of recommendation
The Les Lavkulich Graduate Student Award in Soil Science. One award of $5000. Please follow the application guidelines HERE .
The Art Bomke Undergraduate Student Award in Soil Science. One award of $3000. Please follow the application guidelines HERE .
Applications for the 2021 Awards are now closed.
2021 Winners:
Les Lavkulich Student Award: Paula Porto - Concurrent MSc student at UBC under the supervision of Sean Smuckler
- Studying the impact of soil drainage on soil greenhouse gas emissions from highbush blueberry farms
- Previously served as PRSSS graduate student representative and secretary
Art Bomke Student Award: Helga Holler-Busch - Bachelor's student at the UNBC
- Currently working on research project with Dr. Darwyn Coxson that seeks to assess the impact of slope aspect on Usnea longissima growth and morphology
- Beginning undergraduate thesis in August with Dr. Lisa Wood observing the impact on glyphosate on AM fungi
2019
- Patricia Hanuszak - MSc student at the University of British Columbia
- Hannah Friesen - Undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia
2018
- Carson Li - MSc student at the University of British Columbia
- Patricia Hanuszak - Undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia
Annually, we provide students with the opportunity to showcase their ideas and projects related to soil science at our Spring Workshop and AGM.
To present a poster at our upcoming Spring Workshop and AGM please register HERE.
Past Recipients
2019
Patricia Hanuszak (UBC) - "Effects of a 4-Year Grassland Set-aside on Soil Aggregate Stability"
Marieta Marin-Bruzos (UBC) - "Chitinases gene abundance in cherry orchards under different land management"
Vaselios Kokkoris (UBCO) - "Are fungal inoculants effective in the field?"
2018
1st Prize: Nicolette Lax (UBC) - Effect of low tunnels and plant biomass and fruit yield of summer squash
2nd Prize: Marieta Marin-Bruzos (UBC) - Potential of cherry rhizosphere Actinomycetes as biocontrol agents against plant-parasitic nematodes
3rd Prize: Doug Terpsma (TRU) - The “Topograp
hic Signature”: Using Fine-Scale Soil Variability and Topography for Predicting Available Soil Water in Hot, Dry Douglas-fir Ecosystems
Annually, the PRSSS accepts nominations and applications for the Warkentin Prize. The Warkentin Prize of $500 will be awarded to a student, or someone who has graduated within the last two years, that has published a peer-reviewed article in the field of soil science.
- For more information about the award and how to apply click here
Past Recipients
2020
Zimin Li - Université Catholique de Louvain - UC Louvain
2019
Vaselios Kokkoris - University of British Columbia Okanagan
2018
Gabriel Maltais-Landry - University of British Columbia
and
Jacynthe Masse University of British Columbia
2016
Katelyn Congreves - University of Guelph