NACE Foundation

Our Mission
What We Do

The NACE Foundation raises funds to promote awareness and create educational opportunities for the future, global corrosion workforce.

An educated and experienced workforce in STEM is essential to meaningful innovation and economic growth, and studies show that 50% of future jobs will require STEM skills. The demand for proficient STEM professionals is strong and growing, yet jobs continue to go unfilled due to a shortage of trained and qualified workers. It is critical to the global economy that we engage the world’s future workforce to pursue education and training in STEM disciplines.

In partnership with NACE International, The Worldwide Corrosion Authority, the NACE Foundation is taking action to address this challenge now.

Promote

higher education and recognize academic excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields.

Encourage

undergraduate and graduate student research and participation at industry events, competitions, and conferences.

Provide

hands-on corrosion experiments and curriculum to teachers to inspire, educate and excite their students.

Enable

U.S. veterans to gain STEM specific skills for re-entry into the job market with an alternative route to higher education.

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Recent News

2021 Founders Award Recipients – Jeff Didas & Sylvia Hall
September 29, 2020
Sylvia Hall In honor and recognition of 37+ years of outstanding contributions to the corrosion industry, NACE organization, female corrosion professionals, and young generations, Sylvia Hall is the epitome of what the Founders Award stands for. During her tenure, she has continued to advocate for and support students who are
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2020 Outstanding Student Award Recipient
July 27, 2020
The Outstanding Student Award is awarded by the NACE Foundation and was created to recognize exceptional service to NACE International or the NACE International Foundation by a NACE student member in good standing. Congratulations to this year’s Outstanding Student Award recipient: Fazlollah Madani Sani, Ohio University The Outstanding Student Award
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