Fashion Schools

Student Grants

In 2015 the  Trust decided to fund a pilot project whereby it provided a number grants to selected Fashion Design Students.

Initially 25 grants were provided for 2016, allocated to RMIT, Whitehouse Design, UTS, QUT, TAFE SA and Curtin University.

In 2020 the program was extended to include Box Hill Institute, Holmes Glen Institute, TAFE NSW and LCI Melbourne. This increased the number of grants to 30.

The grants are allocated to the  participants as follows:

Implementation Procedure

1. AWET will support a fixed number of grants for Fashion Design Institute students to a maximum cost of $50,000 per annum.
2. The grants will be available to final year students from 3 and/or 4-year Degrees, or equivalent.
3. The quantum will be fixed at $1,500 for a final year student in a 3-year degree (or equivalent) and $2,000 for a final year student in a 4-year degree (or equivalent).
4. The scholarships are intended to assist successful candidates in sourcing and purchasing wool fabric for inclusion in their final year looks/outfits/ranges.
5. Each grant is contingent on having 80% wool content in the base fabric.
6. AWET will decide how many grants are to be available for each Institute. AWET will not be involved in administration.
7. Each Institute will be responsible for advertising the grants and selecting candidates, based on the following criteria:

• • academic achievement or other related performance measures used by the institute;
  • commitment to producing a final year range incorporating the minimum percentage of wool required, with other fibres able to be used in conjunction with the wool component, within garments and/or in separate garments; and
  • the names and contact details being sent to AWET, as soon as possible after selection of successful candidates.
  • Contingent with the provision of these details each institute will provide an invoice to AWET for the total amount allocated.
  • AWET will pay the funds to each Institute for distribution to their candidates.

8. Each institution will arrange for AWET to receive the recipients’ email addresses once the grants have been allocated.
9. Each Institute will arrange for AWET to receive a digitised version of their students’ designs/story boards, together with a description of the selected fabrics, and photographs of the looks/outfits.