The Permian Basin Section of SPE is a proud supporter of students pursuing careers in the petroleum industry. We offer scholarships to encourage the pursuit of Petroleum Engineering and related engineering degrees. We are currently providing $2000 each to thirty-three students for the 2008-2009 school year. We will be accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year in early 2009.

Funds for our scholarships are raised primarily through the Section’s Golf Tournament and the CO2 Conference, with additional support from our AIMEES SPE auxiliary and our study groups. We are very appreciative of the section members and Permian Basin companies that support our events and make our scholarship program possible.  

Please note that, in order to recognize and honor the sources of our scholarship funds, preference for receiving a scholarship will be given to students whose hometowns are in the Permian Basin, and also to those students who have an SPE member as a parent, grandparent or guardian.

The deadline for applications for the Permian Basin SPE Scholarship for the 2009-2010 school year is Friday, April 17^th, 2009.  Application and personal reference forms are found on the website www.spe-pb.org  in downloadable form and include information on what material is required to submit a complete application.

In order to achieve scholarship eligibility, each student must:

1.  Maintain enrollment in an accredited engineering program

2. Maintain a course load of at least 13 credit hours per semester

3.  Maintain a 3.0 or higher grade point average

4.  Have the stated intention of pursuing a career in the petroleum industry

Students must re-apply each year in order to be eligible to continue receive a scholarship. The reapplication process and forms are the same as for the initial application. Additionally, if you meet the qualifications, be sure to apply even if you did not qualify in past years. Every applicant is considered anew each year.

Please submit a complete application, with references, on time, in order to be considered for our scholarship. All components of the complete application must be mailed to the Permian Basin SPE P.O. Box and postmarked no later than Friday, April 17, 2009. The scholarship committee begins reviewing the applications in mid-April. Recipients should be notified by mid-June. Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.

Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year scholarships, the Permian Basin Section of SPE will be considering applicants separately from the Trans-Pecos Section. If you wish to apply for both section’s scholarships, that could increase your chance of earning one or the other, but be advised that the tentative scholarship winners will be cross checked so that no student can earn both in the same year.

In addition to our section scholarships, SPE International offers the Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is for four years at $5,000 per year, for students who are entering their first year of college in pursuit of a degree in petroleum engineering. Application information for this scholarship is available at www.spe.org.

If you need additional information on the section scholarships, please contact the Permian Basin Section scholarship chairman D. Scott Atkinson at dscotta@apex2000.net