Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Science

The Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Science (CANCAS) is a community of undergraduate students and faculty advisors. We may be from different institutions and many different clubs and perhaps even different disciplines of science, but we have a lot in common. By sharing our common interests, we find stability. By sharing our diversity, we grow.

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Our purpose

Our interest in scientific endeavors is our common goal. Knowing that scientific progress requires the combined effort of many individuals, we hope to foster interactions among our membership. We hope you will join us as we work to stimulate interactions among members of the scientific community in North Carolina.

 

opportunities

As a CANCAS member, students can network with other undergraduate scientists across the state, attend the annual workshop in the fall for free, and receive discounted registration for attendance at the Annual Meeting in the spring! Annual Meeting poster and oral presentations are judged, and the winners who are CANCAS members are eligible for prestigious Derieux Awards.

CANCAS members can also apply for Yarbrough Grants to fund their research!

Become a member today!

The Undergraduate Research Workshop held on Nov 5, 2023 was a success. Read all about it on our NCAS News page, and watch for news about upcoming workshops!

Sign up to be a CANCAS member today!

Meet the 2023-2024 CANCAS officers!

What’s up with CANCAS?

Join us for the 120th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science will be hosted by Winston-Salem State University on April 5th and April 6th.

CANCAS Members get a discount!

To become a member of CANCAS follow the link to JoinIT:  https://www.joinit.org/o/north-carolina-academy-of-science.

Individual membership $15 and faculty club advisors may sign up all individual students as a CANCAS Group for $100. 

If you are an advisor for a group of students who would like to join and attend, please be sure that you sign up all members in your group for a CANCAS membership using JoinIt prior to registering for the meeting so that students can receive the CANCAS discount for registration. 

When signing up for group memberships: you will need to add each student individually using the drop box that says quantity.  Add all students in your group prior to entering your payment information. This will not charge you $100 per student. Rather, it allows you to enter the individual information of each student in your group as you sign them up. If you have a large number of students, you can create an Excel sheet with their information (first name, last name, and email address – all separate columns) and send it to Ryan Brandt.

Once CANCAS membership is complete, students can register for the meeting following the directions on the meeting website.  The promotional code will be the student’s email, which will provide a discount on registration.

Reach out to Ryan Brandt at rbrandt4@elon.edu with any questions.


become an officer or liaison

CANCAS officers are elected at the Annual Meeting in the spring. Officers serve for 1 year. Positions include the President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Historian. Volunteers for serving as campus liaisons are also selected at the Annual Meeting. Liaisons keep faculty and students at their home institution apprised of upcoming CANCAS events (like the Workshop) and opportunities (like deadlines for grant and abstract submissions). Contact rbrandt4@elon.edu more information!

CANCAS OFFICERS

Reagan Womack
President
East Carolina University

Erica Schulz
Secretary
Campbell University

Diego Saniuan
Vice President
Lenoir-Rhyne University

Kevin Reza-Villa
Historian
Elon University