PESA will award a $1,000 prize to the author of the best Honours, Masters or PhD thesis or research paper in 2023 on petroleum or related energy resource geosciences in SA Northern Territory.
Annual Student Prize
Each year, the South Australia Northern Territory Branch (SA-NT) of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia or PESA (with support from the Northern Territory Government) gives out the PESA SA-NT Student Prize to student members of PESA who are undertaking research work on the petroleum or related energy resource industries within the territory.
2023 NTGS / PESA SA-NT STUDENT PRIZE VALUE:
$1,000
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM:
Wednesday 22nd November 2023
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
Monday 4th December 2023
Eligibility
Candidates must be members of PESA who are also current or recently enrolled tertiary education students.
Candidates may be of any nationality if enrolled at an Australian tertiary educational institution while undertaking their research. If a candidate undertakes the research overseas, he or she must be an Australian citizen.
The candidate’s Honours, Masters or PhD thesis or associated research paper should be one that was submitted in 2023. It must have a Petroleum or Energy Resource Geoscience focus within the Northern Territory of South Australia. Qualifying topics include those directly related to the petroleum or related energy resources industries within that territory.
PhD theses by publication may be represented by a nominated chapter prepared or submitted as a research paper for peer review in 2023.
Selection
Assessment of qualifying applications will be based on:
- the academic excellence of the research
- its contribution to understanding Northern Territory petroleum or related energy resource geoscience
- comments from a referee who would ideally be a supervisor of the candidate’s research
An ideal candidate would also demonstrate their intention to pursue a career in industrial upstream petroleum or energy resource development (CO2 storage, H2 storage, deep hydrogeology, geothermal resources) or in related academic research.
How To Apply
Download the PDF containing the application forms for the 2023 NTGS / PESA SA-NT Student Prize. Read through the terms and conditions for the prize and complete all forms.
All required application forms can be completed by or on behalf of the student candidate. These should be submitted together with an abstract of their thesis/submitted research paper and supporting cover letter.
A research project supervisor may initially make the application on behalf of a candidate’s behalf and attest to the quality of their thesis or submitted research paper.
For more details on eligibility, selection and application please see the downloadable PDF containing the prize’s terms and conditions.
Submit all completed application forms and accompanying documentation to Mark Bunch at mark.bunch@adelaide.edu.au by COB of Monday 4th December 2023, Australian C.S.T.
NOTE: PESA will not consider applications received after the deadline.
For further information, candidates or research supervisors may contact Mark Bunch (Scholarship Sub-Committee, PESA SA-NT Branch) via telephone at (08) 831 34292 or via e-mail at mark.bunch@adelaide.edu.au