The mission of the SME Foundation is to be the source of funding for education and outreach of SME and the community it serves. The SME Foundation fulfills its mission by supporting projects that disseminate mining/ mineral information and technology worldwide; encourage professional development; educate children, teachers, and the public about the significant role that the minerals industry plays in their everyday lives; build consensus for a strong, environmentally sound minerals industry in the United States and the world; and support of college-level students and programs meeting industry demands for engineers and researchers in the future.
The SME Foundation functions to help raise funds for outreach programs for K-12 science classroom education, scholarships for students to study various mining engineering and geology fields and programs to inform the public about the importance of mining in everyday lives. Visit the SME Foundation homepage here.
The SME Foundation’s programs work together to encourage students to pursue careers in the industry, support professionals looking to strengthen their expertise and stay in the industry for the long haul, and empower industry experts to give back to vulnerable communities across the globe. Contributions to the SME Foundation General Fund allow support to be funneled to the programs with the greatest financial need. Act today, visit here.
NY SME is proud to report that as a result of the success of CTMF 2023 and CTMF 2024, we were able to make donations to the SME Foundation to support its efforts of helping students, teachers and professionals in the geosciences - a goal of ours from our very first year of CTMF in 2013. Thank you all - attendees, speakers, sponsors and media partners - who joined us, participated and supported our efforts along the way!
The SME Foundation's vision is to inspire the next generation to meet the needs of a mineral dependent future for a better world. This will be done by focusing on Outreach, Education and Fundraising.
The SME Foundation functions to help raise funds for outreach programs for K-12 science classroom education, scholarships for students to study various mining engineering and geology fields and programs to inform the public about the importance of mining in everyday lives. Read about the SMEF programs and scholarships below.
Programs
ABET, Inc
Minerals Education Coalition (MEC)
PhD Fellowship Program
Academic Career Development Grant Program
Professional Engineers Committee
Mining in Society Merit Badge
Miners Give Back Program
SMEF General Endowment Fund
Syd S. Peng and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Award
Scholarships
JH Fletcher & Co Engineering Scholarship
Ernest K. Lehmann Memorial Scholarship
Stantec/McIntosh Engineering Scholarship
MMSA/SME Presidential Scholarship
Syd S. Peng and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Scholarship
Raja V. and Geetha V. Ramani Graduate Students Award
George V. Weisdack Memorial Scholarship
Donate to the General Fund.
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