Applications for SPWLA Scholarships and Grants is now closed for 2024.
They will reopen for 2025 in October 2024.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE
SCHOLARSHIPS
THE SOCIETY OF PETROPHYSICISTS AND WELL LOG ANALYSTS FOUNDATION was established in 1986 to administer scholarship and grant funds in furtherance of the educational purposes of the Society. Sources of these funds include the SPWLA and its regional chapters, companies and individuals engaged or interested in formation evaluation, and memorial endowments. Scholarship awards are awarded to eligible and qualified student applicants to assist in supporting college or university educational expenses. Scholarship awards are awarded to eligible and qualified college or university student or faculty applicants to assist in supporting college or university research studies and special projects. Scholarship awards to recipients range from $1,000 and up in increments of $500 per academic year and may be sought and continued through competitive application and award each year subject to the recipients scholastic standing, continued pursuit of the planned course of study and career objectives and need for financial assistance. Scholarship awards may be made in increments or at the actual cost amount associated with each application.
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD are:
(1) Applicant must be a full-time student enrolled in a course of study that is directly related to or bears a reasonable relationship to the science of all, gas, or other mineral formation evaluation;
(2) Applicant must be a college student whose grades are above average (at least a 3.0 average on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent) and whose studies and degree program present evidence of the pursuit of a career in formation evaluation either in operational practice, teaching, or research;
(3) Applicant’s need for financial assistance will be taken into consideration; however the scholastic achievements and potential career competence of the applicant as indicated by information contained in the application will receive first consideration; and
(4) Certain scholarships administered by the SPWLA Foundation may impose additional requirements of eligibility, the qualifications for which will be determined on the basis of information presented in this application. Scholarship applications are reviewed and judged upon their proposed purpose, importance of need, and benefits to be gained.
Applicants for scholarships may be students enrolled in, or faculty members in RECOGNIZED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES in the United States and its possessions as well as recognized colleges and universities in other countries. Funds administered on behalf of certain SPWLA chapters or other benefactors may impose specific academic or geographic location requirements in the consideration of awards.