Student Bursary Awards Winners announced!

Student Bursary Awards

SPE Aberdeen supports students through an annual bursary programme. Over the last 10 years we have distributed £200K to students across Scotland. We invite applications in December each year, and award bursaries of between £500 and £5000 each February. The timing is intended to help students who might be struggling financially to complete their course of study. These bursaries are open to Full-Time Postgraduate students, PhD students and Under-Graduate students studying Energy related courses while attending the listed 3 Universities under SPE Aberdeen Section. University of Aberdeen Robert Gordon University Heriot-Watt University

The SPE Aberdeen Section are pleased to announce the winners and runners up of the 2023-2024 Student Bursary awards.

The award for the 12 runners up is £500 per candidate, of the 55 submissions received this year, quality was of a fair to high standard with the most successful written entries focussing on understanding the specific challenges of operating in Namibia.

10 bursaries award winning candidates were invited to present to a panel of industry experts on 19 February 2024. Of the 10 presentations we were able to award on first place bursary prize of £5,000, two second place prizes of £2,000 and 7 further prize winners, winning £1,000 per candidate.

WINNER	Jose Maria Leiva Rojas	Aberdeen University	£5,000
SECOND PLACE	Augustine Chukwuemeka	Robert Gordon University	£2,000
SECOND PLACE	Rasool Amiri Kolajoobi	Heriot-Watt University	£2,000
FINALIST	Said Al-Badi	Heriot-Watt University	£1,000
FINALIST	Ali Raeisdana	Heriot-Watt University	£1,000
FINALIST	Ayatte Attey	Robert Gordon University	£1,000
FINALIST	Lawal Kabir Rafindadi	Aberdeen University	£1,000
FINALIST	Tomi Erfando	Aberdeen University	£1,000
FINALIST	Oluwaseye Olaseinde Abrahams	Aberdeen University	£1,000
FINALIST	Mohadesh Motie	Heriot-Watt University	£1,000

On behalf of the SPE Aberdeen Section, SPE Aberdeen sponsors, SPE Aberdeen YP’s, SPE Aberdeen Student Bursary Judging Panel and SPE Aberdeen Board Members, congratulations to all bursary winners and particular congratulations to Jose, Augustine, and Rasool.