About the WAPL Scholarship Program

Since 2004, the Wyoming Association of Professional Landmen has funded and provided a scholarship program as an additional benefit to active WAPL members and dependents of WAPL members.

The scholarship program places an added emphasis on education directly related to the energy business, or persons wishing to further their educations as Landmen, however this is not the sole requirement to qualify as an applicant. Scholarship categories include General (any field of study), Energy Business (geologist, etc.), Professional Land Management, and Professional Land Management at the University of Wyoming.

In recent years, WAPL has been a proud supporter and contributor to the PLM (Professional Land Management) concentration implemented in 2013 at the University of Wyoming as part of their Energy Resource & Development degree. This program is accredited by our master association (the AAPL), and is one of only a dozen programs in the entire country to offer such education. In the few years of the UW-PLM programs existence, the WAPL scholarship program has awarded almost $35,000.00 to Wyoming PLM majors, to support their education.

2024 Scholarship Program

The Wyoming Association of Professional Landmen Scholarship Committee wishes to announce the 2024 Scholarship Program and invite all dependents of WAPL members, and additionally, all current WAPL members who are pursuing post-secondary educational opportunities at a certified school, to apply for a 2024 WAPL Scholarship.

All applications must be submitted to WAPL, at P.O. Box 1012, Casper, WY 82602 by the deadline of May 15, 2024, or submitted electronically with scanned copies to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Any potential awardees that are applying for one of the Professional Land Management scholarships may be required to participate in a phone/video conference or a personal interview with the Committee. 

The scholarship recipients will be announced at the WAPL annual meeting in June.

Download the WAPL Scholarship Application

Joseph Tessaro, 2024 WAPL Scholarship Committee Chairman
303-356-2605
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