The SME Education Foundation (SME-EF) was created in 1979 as a means of transforming manufacturing education in North American colleges and universities. The Foundation is one of the leading non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing manufacturing education through grants to colleges and universities, scholarships, fellowships and student outreach programs.

The SME Education Foundation focuses on:

• Motivating young people to explore careers in manufacturing, engineering, science and technology
• Providing financial support to undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and manufacturing-related degree programs in the U.S. and Canada
• Improving the quality and quantity of manufacturing curricula at colleges and universities

Since 1980, the Foundation has invested more than $19 million in cash grants, scholarships and awards - more funding than any other professional engineering society. The value of the SME-EF endowment as of December 31, 2005, is over $24 million.

Releases

11/11/2008		Gateway Academy Summer Youth Program Receives Academy of Engineering Endorsement (No. 20080075)
11/10/2008		Shop Rat Foundation Endorses Youth Programs (No. 20080074)
10/28/2008		Introducing Fluid Power to Middle and High School Students (No. 20080070)
10/27/2008		SME Education Foundation Elects 2009 Executive Committee and Board of Directors (No. 20080069)
10/6/2008		SME Education Foundation Receives Finalist Kudos from Automation Alley for "Best Educational Program of the Year" (No. 20080066)
9/11/2008		Emerson Charitable Trust Funding Assures National Expansion of the Gateway Academy - an Engineering Camp for Kids (No. 20080062)
8/28/2008		Ford Motor Company Fund Responds to Urgent Need for Engineering Talent with Grant to SME Education Foundation (No. 20080059)
8/15/2008		SME Education Foundation Has Scholarship Funds Available (No. 20080048)
7/31/2008		Two Guitar-Making Workshops Sponsored by SME Education Foundation (No. 20080056)
7/31/2008		SME Education Foundation Partners with NCMA to Introduce Historically Black University College Students to Career Opportunities (No. 20080055)
7/6/2008		National Defense Industrial Association Endorses SME Education Foundation as Part of Its Effort to Increase the Pipeline of Engineering and Manufacturing Workers (No. 20080054)
7/3/2008		Scholarships Promote Manufacturing Workforce Development (No. 20080041)
7/1/2008		Exemplary Students are Engineering's Future (No. 20080040)
6/10/2008		SME Education Foundation Awarded Google Grant (No. 20080037)
6/9/2008		Scholarships for Machining Technology Provided by Haas (No. 20080036)
2/20/2008		Companies Support Future Engineers with Grants to Gateway Academy Program (No. 20080008)
2/20/2008		SME Education Foundation Celebrates Engineers Week 2008 with Educational Video, Future City Sponsorship (No. 20080007)
2/18/2008		SME Education Foundation Partners with the Italian Trade Commission to Sponsor the "Italian Machine Tools Technology Award" (No. 20080006)