Student Bursary Application

Iain Hillier Academic Award Scheme - Student Bursaries and Student and University Grants

Aims:
The London Petrophysical Society exists to promote, for the public benefit, education and knowledge in the scientific and technical aspects of formation evaluation.

To further these aims, the LPS provides financial support to students and universities in the form of Bursaries for students, and Grants for students and university departments. The scheme is named after Iain Hillier, who served on the LPS committee for many years and made an outstanding contribution to its work.

Student Bursaries seek to reward post-graduate Earth Science students at *English or Welsh universities who take an interest in logs and/or cores in their studies, and is worth £500 per year.

Student/University Grants seek to support specific projects or courses undertaken by students or university departments which have logs and/or cores as an important component. Grants can be up to £2000 per year.

Awards are decided by the LPS Executive Committee on the merit of each application. LPS funds are limited and an application is no guarantee of an award.

Who can apply:
Student Bursary; post-graduate students, studying Earth Sciences or Petroleum Engineering at *English or Welsh universities, who take an interest in logs and/or cores in their studies.

Student Grant; post-graduate students, studying Earth Sciences or Petroleum Engineering at *English or Welsh universities, who have a specific project that has logs and/or cores as an important component.

University Grant; Earth Science or Petroleum Engineering departments at *English or Welsh universities, that have a specific project or course that has logs and/or cores as an important component.

How can you apply:
Student Bursary; please outline how logs and/or cores form part of your current studies, and provide a concise CV outlining your current studies, education history, employment history, hobbies and interests, and any other funding you are currently receiving.

Student Grant: please supply concise details of the specific project for which the grant is requested, defining how logs and/or core forms an important component. Please include a concise CV outlining your current studies, education history, employment history, hobbies and interests, and any other funding you are currently receiving.

University Grant; please supply concise details of the specific project or course for which the grant is requested, defining how logs and/or core forms an important component.

Please send your application in a Word document to; Jeremy Farrow; LPS Vice President External Relations;
and copy to Mike Millar; LPS Treasurer; .

Follow-up:
If you are successful in receiving a Grant or Bursary, we would like to you to keep in touch. The LPS requests that you send the committee a concise report on how the money has aided your studies. You might consider a more detailed report for publication on the LPS website, or presentation at an LPS technical meeting.

* Our colleagues in the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society do wonderful work in supporting Scottish Universities and students, please see their website www.afes.org.uk.