If you are interested in a career in underground engineering, we can help you get there.
Scholarship opportunities exist to help further your career aspirations. Apply for conference participation and academic scholarships. Review the list of scholarships, guidelines and applications instructions below and apply by October 4.
About Cutting EdgeThe Cutting Edge Conference is the only conference with a dedicated focus on innovation that directly affects the tunneling and underground construction industry in Austin, TX November 13-15, 2023. Featuring a wide variety of technical sessions and speakers combined with our field trip, Cutting Edge will be a professional event you will truly enjoy and remember.
Attendance scholarships and special students rates available!
UCA Young Members Conference Scholarships - Cutting Edge Conference
UCA Young Members (UCAYM) Scholarship for Cutting Edge Conference attendance provides selected students with an opportunity to attend the Cutting Edge Conference where they can experience first hand the challenges, opportunities and rewards of a career in the field of tunneling and underground construction.
Guidelines Apply NowThe Rapid Excavation & Tunneling Conference (RETC) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration annually awards one or more scholarships to promising college students who desire to develop their skills in the tunneling industry. The total amount of the award (approximately $5,000) is apportioned to one or more students at the discretion of the RETC Executive Committee.
View the guidelines and apply hereThe Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC) is a biennial international conference dedicated to the exchange of new developments in the technology of underground rapid excavation and tunneling on a global scale. The RETC Attendance Award provides selected students with an opportunity to attend the RETC or NAT Conference. Applicants must be full-time freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate students with a designated major in an applicable field of engineering (civil, mechanical, mining, electrical, geological) or construction management. Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in the underground industry.
View the guidelines and apply hereContact us with questions:
Underground Construction Association Scholarship
Membership Services Department
12999 E. Adam Aircraft Cir
Englewood, CO 80112
303-948-4200
scholarships@smenet.org
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