Build a Brighter Future

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The SEI Futures Fund in collaboration with the ASCE Foundation relies on your generous gifts to support programs that advance structural engineering. 100% of your gifts benefit SEI strategic initiatives - free of any administrative burden!

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You can also give by sending a check to:

SEI Futures Fund
c/o ASCE Foundation
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191

Questions about making a gift? Contact Miranda Hosseini

Where Your Gifts Go

Thanks to our many generous donors, and especially Ashraf and CSI for the 3 to 1 donation match in 2023, for FY2025 the SEI Futures Fund Board has been able to commit a record amount more than $400,000 for these strategic programs:

  • More than 100 Student & Young Professional Scholarships to engage at Structures Congress 2025
  • Student Scholarships to SEI ETS Conference
  • Performance-Based Design Roadmap Development Workshop
  • Towards Zero Carbon Bootcamp
  • Young Professional Travel Support on SEI Standards Committees
  • Publish Prestandard for Calculation Methodology for Structural Systems in Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment
  • SEI Chapter Innovative Programs for Student and Professional involvement
  • Finalize, Publish, Distribute ASCE/ SEI 7 Student Primer
  • Business Practice Education for Students & Young Professionals

The SEI Futures Fund supports programs that align with the following:

  • Invest in the future of the structural engineering profession
  • Promote student interest in structural engineering
  • Support younger member involvement in SEI
  • Provide opportunities for professional development

THANK YOU to Computers and Structures, Inc., and our many generous donors for maximizing the CSI - SEI Futures Fund 3 to 1 to $250,000 match offer in 2023! The campaign raised over $330,000 for the SEI Futures Fund to benefit the structural engineering profession!

View donor recognition list (PDF)

Futures Fund Proposals

The SEI Futures Fund Board invites proposals from SEI Committees, and Chapters. Review the guidelines and instructions (PDF) and apply by June 1. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated on the strength of their support for strategic areas outlined in the guidelines. Proposals for technical research should be directed to the appropriate SEI Executive Committee, not the SEI Futures Fund.