Tony Noon Memorial Scholarship

The award is presented annually to honours, Masters or PhD students from an Australian university for the award of a one-off grant to a maximum value of $3000.

The purpose of the fund is to help students aspiring to, or considering, a career in the petroleum exploration and production industry in any discipline directly related to the industry. This could include, but is not restricted to, exploration, safety, engineering, environment, economic or legal areas.

Tony Noon worked at APPEA from 1994 - 1998. His principal responsibilities were to the Health Safety & Production and Exploration Committees. His work on these Committees was outstanding and his contribution to APPEA and the industry during his time at the Canberra office was exceptional. Sadly, Tony Noon passed away in September 1998 following a long battle with leukaemia. Subsequently, the APPEA Board approved the establishment of the Tony Noon Memorial Fund.

The fund has been established in memory of Tony Noon who made an outstanding contribution to the petroleum industry through his work with the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy and later as a member of the APPEA staff.

Funds cannot be used for any purpose other than as set out in the successful application.

APPEA reserves the right not to award the funds if it deems the applicants are not of a suitable calibre.

Criteria for the award

Applications must be attending the university in the year of application and must be an Australian resident or citizen.
Applications must provide details of the funds sought the purpose to which they will be applied, and a statement setting out how the applicant and their career will benefit.
Applications may seek support for, but necessarily not be limited to:

  • travel within or outside Australia
  • attend an appropriate conference to present a appear or poster describing their original work in a petroleum-related discipline
  • work with relevant companies or academic institutions.

Past Winners of the Tony Noon Memorial Fund

  • 2007 Hamed Soroush, Curtin University
  • 2006 Charles Gao, Curtin University
  • 2005 Elena Mazourenko, Flinders University
  • 2004 Patrick Tyrrell, University of New South Wales
  • 2003 Scott Dyksterhuis, University of Sydney
  • 2002 Victor Nguyen, University of New South Wales
  • 2001 Jason McKenna, Curtin University
  • 2000 Claire Wilhelm, University of Western Australia