Awards in petroleum & drilling engineering
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining 2006
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Bosworth Smith Trust Fund
Approximately £5000 is available for grants from the Fund for the assistance of postgraduate research in metal mining, nonferrous extraction metallurgy or mineral dressing. Applications will be considered for grants towards working expenses, the cost of visits to mines and plants in connection with such research, and purchase of apparatus.
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Centenary Scholarship
The annual Scholarship (value £500/annum), which is restricted to first or second year undergraduates in student membership of the Institute, will be awarded for projects, visits, etc in furtherance of the recipient's career development in the fields of minerals and mining.
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Edgar Pam Fellowship
The Fellowship is awarded for postgraduate study in subjects within the fields of minerals and mining. Those eligible for the award are young graduates, domiciled in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK, who wish to undertake advanced study or research in the UK. The maximum value of the Fellowship, which is tenable for one year, is £2000.
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G Vernon Hobson Bequest
The Bequest was established for the 'advancement of teaching and practice of geology as applied to mining'. One or more awards may therefore be made for travel, research or other objects in accordance with these terms (up to a value of £1300).
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Mining Club Award
The Award is offered to British subjects between the ages of 21 and 35 who are actively engaged (in full- or part-time postgraduate study or in employment) in the minerals industry, as defined by the Institute, for travel purposes - for example, to study mineral industry operations in the UK or overseas, to present a paper at an international minerals industry conference or to assist the applicant in attending a full-time course of study related to the minerals industry outside the UK - or for any other similar purpose that may be regarded as being within the spirit of the Award (value of up to £1500).
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Stanley Elmore Fellowship Fund
Stanley Elmore Fellowships are tenable at a UK university for research into all branches of extractive metallurgy and mineral processing and, in special cases, for expenditure related to such research (normally two scholarships of up to £14000 may be funded for any one year).
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The Tom Seaman Travelling Scholarship
The Scholarship is awarded annually to a member, not older than 35 years, who is training or has been trained for a career in mining and/or related technologies. The scholarship shall be to assist the study for an aspect of engineering in the minerals industry, with the intention of advancing the associated standards or techniques. Nomination is via an application and possible subsequent interview (value of up to £5500).
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Full details of the funds and application forms and further information may be obtained from:
Dr G J M Woodrow, Deputy Chief Executive
Email: graham.woodrow@iom3.org
Midland Institute of Mining Engineers
The Peake Travelling Scholarship
May be awarded to an individual or group of individuals to fund the associated travelling and subsistence costs that will enable the recipient(s) to enhance the value of a field of study related to their overall education, training and experience in the science and art of mining.
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The Webster Travelling Prize
May be offered to applicants (individuals or groups), who are under 35 years of age, to fund associated travelling and subsistence costs to enhance the value of a field of study related to their overall education, training and experience in the science and practice of mining engineering.
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AMCO Bursary
To advance education in the science and practice of mining, in particular to provide short-term work related training for students who may have difficulties in obtaining practical instruction and work participation.
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South Midlands Mining and Minerals Institute
J C Boyle Travelling Scholarship 2006
The South Midlands Mining and Minerals Institute is inviting applications for the J C Boyle Travelling Scholarship for the year commencing 1 March 2006.
The Scholarship takes the form of a grant to be used to assist young engineers, as part of their continuing professional development, to make visits to companies engaged in tunnelling or in the mineral extraction and processing industries, preferably but not necessarily overseas, to study aspects of technology or management practice associated with these industries.
Applicants for the J C Boyle Travelling Scholarship should be under 35 years of age. Whilst the scholarship is open to all, membership of the IMMM would be viewed as an advantage.
For more information: Mr B Ward, The Honorary Secretary, South Midlands Mining and Minerals Institute, 64 Barbara Avenue, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester LE9 2HD
For students at the University of Nottingham, more information about this scholarship can be obtained from Dr Rod Stace, School of Civil Engineering (Ext 14082). e-mail: rod.stace@nottingham.ac.uk