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SME Foundation

Funding Solutions to Mining's Challenges

SME Foundation provides funding for education and outreach on the behalf of SME and mining industry.

Donations fund 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.

$4K by 40 Flash Match Challenge

Encourages philanthropic giving by young professionals.

Miners Give Back Award

Good Deeds Deserve Appreciation!

Ways to Support SMEF

Learn about the many ways to support the Foundation

The SME Foundation supports projects that disseminate mining and mineral information and technology worldwide; encourages professional development; educates children, teachers, and the public about the significant role that the minerals industry plays in their everyday lives; builds consensus for a strong, environmentally sound minerals industry in the United States and the world; and supports college-level students and programs meeting industry demands for engineers and researchers in the future.

Programs

ABET, Inc
Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) 
Ph.D. Fellowship Program
Academic Career Development Grant Program
Professional Engineers Committee
Mining in Society Merit Badge
Miners Give Back Award
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/SMEF 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


Foundation Leadership

Steven C. Holmes President
Thomas C. Rauch President-Elect
Mary B. Korpi SMEF Past President
Andrew P. Cole Vice President of Finance
Michael T. Myers Individual Fundraising Officer
William W. Edgerton SME Past President
David L. Kanagy Secretary

Support the SME Foundation programs:

THANK YOU to our 2022 MINEXCHANGE Annual Conference Sponsors:

Benefit Sweepstakes Sponsor:
CAT

SME/SMEF Silent Auction Sponsor:
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SMEF Annual Gala Dinner Wine Service Sponsor:
Black & Veatch

SMEF Annual Gala Dinner Cocktail Reception Sponsor:
Metso Outotec

SMEF Annual Gala Dinner Hawaiian Vacation Sponsor:
CAT

SMEF Annual Gala Dinner Door Prize Sponsor:

J.H. Fletcher & Co.
Click here to access the full SME Foundation website