The Education and Mentoring Fund Steering Committee has approved and implemented the following education and mentoring support to high school and college students and Young Members of the Society:

Financial backing for the Engineering and Construction Camps, in the event costs exceed revenue; the camps are designed to be self-supporting

• SAME/U.S. Air Force Academy Engineering and Construction Camp, Colorado Springs, CO
• SAME/Seabee Engineering and Construction Camp, Port Hueneme, CA

A book is presented to each Distinguished Graduate of the engineering officer basic courses:

• Civil Engineer Basic Course at Port Hueneme, CA
• Engineer Officer Basic Course at Ft Leonard Wood, MO
• Management 101 at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

Financial stipends are given to the winners of the following SAME awards to allow the award winners and their spouses to attend the Joint Engineer Education and Training Conference and personally receive their awards at the Honors Ceremony:

• Tudor Medal for a civilian 35 years or younger
• Sverdrup Medal for a member of the uniformed services 35 years or younger
• Young Member Medal for a young member 35 years or younger
• Student Leadership Medal for a college student

Payment for the airfare of 10 Young Members to attend the SAME Leadership Workshops.

Financial stipends are provided to Small Posts that desire to send a high school student to one of the SAME Engineering and Construction Camps but cannot afford the total cost.

The Sundt Company made a restricted donation that provided three annual $5,000 scholarships to a deserving graduate of one of the SAME Engineering and Construction Camps.  A scholarship was awarded in 2004 and 2005.  The scholarship provides for $1,250.00 annual payments subject to the student maintaining at least a 3.0 average in an engineering or related major.

The Education and Mentoring Fund Steering Committee considers requests from the SAME Committees and Councils, and approves those which are consistent with the purpose of the fund and can be sustained on a continuing basis within the projected revenue generated by the interest from the corpus of the Fund and donations made to the Fund by SAME members each calendar year.