Fashion-Schools.org is proud to announce our eight annual "Aspiring Fashion Professional" Scholarship Program. Our goal for this program is twofold:

  1. To promote fashion and its related fields as a career path for young people
  2. To encourage aspiring fashion professionals to research and understand what a career in fashion requires.

Our program offers scholarship opportunities to high school seniors in the US. A single $1000 scholarship will be awarded. 

Scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors who:

  1. Intend to pursue a fashion related field at an accredited post-secondary school or college.
  2. Have a demonstrable record of academic success.
  3. Have a passion and drive for a fashion related career.  

Selection Criteria

  • Scholarship may be used at any accredited post-secondary school or college.
  • Selection is based on the students high school academic performance combined with the student's application essay. 
  • Selection is determined by the Fashion-Schools.org staff.
  • Scholarship is a one-year non-renewable scholarship.
  • Application and essay are submitted online at www.Fashion-Schools.org.

Eligibility:

The scholarship is limited to high school seniors in the US pursuing a fashion related degree program at an accredited post-secondary school or college. Fashion related fields include, but are not limited to, the following programs:   

  • Fashion Design 
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Fashion Marketing
  • Fashion Management
  • Fashion Retailing

Application process:

There are two steps to the application process:

Step 1: Applicants must submit an application via the scholarship application form on Fashion-Schools.org.

Step 2: Applicants must submit an original 250-500 word original essay on the following topic:

What specific skill do you most want to develop & why? 

Essay is submitted via our scholarship application page and MUST include your name and contact information (so we know whose application goes with which essay!). 

Application Deadline: 

Deadline for applications is July 31, 2020. Scholarship winners will be announced & awarded in Fall 2020. 

Rules, Terms, and Conditions

  • All essays will be subject to review for plagiarism and/or fraud.
  • Once submitted, essays become the full property of Fashion-Schools.org. 
  • Fashion-Schools.org reserves the right to publicly announce/promote scholarship winners on its web site and in related press releases and media outlets.   
  • Scholarship winners must provide proof of college/school acceptance and GPA verification before scholarship funds will be disbursed.  
  • Students who submit scholarship applications will not be marketed to by Fashion-Schools.org in any way nor will their names or contact information be sold to third parties.  

Some Past recipients:

2017 "Aspiring Fashion Professional" Scholarship Recipient

2016 "Aspiring Fashion Professional" Scholarship Recipient

2015 "Aspiring Fashion Professional" Scholarship Recipient

2014 "Aspiring Fashion Professional" Scholarship Recipient