US' AATCC invites proposals from students for textile research funding

The application is a simple three-page form including a description of the proposed project and the student’s resume. An advisor’s letter of support is encouraged but not required, AATCC said in a press release.

Priority will be given to research related to test method development, evaluation of textile performance in actual use situations, and correlations between these two. Grants will range from $500 to $4,000. Grant recipients can also request an additional reimbursement of up to $500 for travel and/or registration to present the research project at a technical conference. Additional guidelines, application, and submission details can be found on the AATCC Foundation webpage.

The Research Support Programme is chaired by Yiqi Yang of University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Funding decisions are made by a panel of academic and industry professionals from across the textile industry.

Previously selected projects have ranged from tissue engineering to digital printing. Emmy Hsiung, a 2023 grant recipient from Cornell University, has reported that the funding helped her investigate medical textiles and determine that chitosan/carvacrol nanofibres can be spun onto cotton for improved thermal stability and fast release of carvacrol. She plans to submit her findings for publication in the AATCC Journal of Research. 

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RR)