Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship Sponsored by Society of Petroleum Engineers

Summary
The Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship, funded by the SPE Foundation, supports exceptional students who intend to pursue an undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering. Award: USD 5,000 per year, renewable for up to four years.

Who this scholarship is for
- Merit-based: recipients are typically among the top 3% in both class rank and standardized test scores.
- You must plan to enroll in an accredited undergraduate petroleum engineering program in your country or region.
- You must become an SPE member once you are eligible to join.
- You must follow the program’s sanction policy.
- Only applications submitted through the official online application link will be accepted.

If you receive the scholarship — ongoing requirements
Each semester you receive the award you must:
- Be enrolled in a petroleum engineering course by the start of your second university year.
- Remain in the petroleum engineering degree program.
- Maintain at least two-thirds of a full academic load.
- Keep a satisfactory semester and cumulative academic average.

How to apply — timeline and steps
- Applications open: 15 November each year.
- Deadline: 15 April by noon CDT (UTC−5). Only online submissions received by that time are eligible.
- Judges review eligible applications and winners are announced on 1 August. Payments are made in August to support the upcoming academic term.
- When you apply you are automatically considered for any SPE scholarship or fellowship for which you meet eligibility.

Required materials
- Complete the online application form.
- Submit at least one academic or professional recommendation.
- Provide documentation for entry exams if applicable.

Important note on eligibility by country
U.S. law restricts provision of certain services to residents of embargoed countries. Not all applicants may be eligible. Consult the program’s sanction policy for details.

About Gustave (Gus) E. Archie
Gus Archie (1907–1978) was a pioneering engineer whose work established the quantitative links between porosity, electrical resistivity, and hydrocarbon saturation in rocks—relationships that are central to modern well-log interpretation. His 1942 paper, "The Electrical Resistivity Log as an Aid in Determining Some Reservoir Characteristics" (Transactions of AIME), is a foundational work. He coined the term “petrophysics,” and the industry still refers to his core relation as the “Archie Formula.”

Brief biography
- Education: BS degrees in mining and electrical engineering; MS in mining engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1933.
- Career highlights: Joined Shell Oil Co. in 1934, advanced through field and technical roles to chief logging engineer (1951), assistant manager of Production Technical Services (1956), and later manager of Exploitation Engineering at Shell Development Co. (1958). He became assistant to the vice president of E&P Research in 1966 and retired in 1967.
- Honors: SPE’s Lester C. Uren Award (1964) and AIME’s Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal (1978).
- Legacy: Celebrated as a friend, teacher, and exceptional engineer who left a lasting impact on petroleum technology.

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