美国时装设计师协会与贝索斯地球基金首届可持续时尚奖学金公布：12名学生共获逾50万美元
美国时装设计师协会（CFDA）公布了与 Bezos Earth Fund（贝索斯地球基金）合办的首届 Next Thread 奖学金得主：12名在读设计学生共获超过50万美元，用于支付2026至2027学年的学费与毕业系列材料费。这是 CFDA 规模最大的奖学金项目，也是其唯一一个专为时装设计可持续方向设立的奖学金。
12名得主来自8所学校，其中5人是本科四年级学生、7人是硕士生，是 CFDA 历届奖学金班中研究生人数最多的一届。每笔奖学金的数额按个人情况量身确定，目的是补上得主剩余的学费与学杂费差额，另有专项津贴用于毕业论文系列与可持续材料、工艺。三位「荣誉学者」（Scholars with Distinction）是 FIT 的 Zion Burrell、Parsons 的 Hera Ford 和纽约大学的 Grace Wang。
评审团成员包括 Bezos Earth Fund 副主席 Lauren Sánchez Bezos、CFDA 总裁兼首席执行官 Steven Kolb，以及设计师 Joseph Altuzarra、Stacey Bendet、Tommy Hilfiger、Grace Ling、Sami Miró 与 Tracy Reese。
Next Thread 计划整体规模625万美元：其中150万美元在2026至2028三年间发放学生奖学金，另有300万美元用于奖励独立的美国设计师与品牌。首届12人名单从本科与硕士各层级选出，就读学校包括 Parsons、FIT、Pratt、Drexel、纽约大学、Marist、Academy of Art University 与 California College of the Arts，其中 Parsons 一校占5人。（来源：美国时装设计师协会）
Inaugural CFDA x Bezos Earth Fund Next Thread Scholarship Awards More Than $500,000 to 12 Student Designers
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced the inaugural recipients of the CFDA x Bezos Earth Fund Next Thread Scholarship: 12 emerging student designers awarded more than $500,000 in total for tuition and thesis materials for the 2026-2027 academic year. It is the CFDA's largest scholarship and its only scholarship dedicated to sustainability in fashion design.
The recipients, five rising seniors and seven master's students across eight schools, form the class with the highest number of graduate-level recipients of any CFDA scholarship class to date. Each award is sized individually to close the gap between what a recipient owes and what they can cover in tuition and fees, with a separate stipend for thesis collections built on sustainable materials and processes. Three Scholars with Distinction were named: Zion Burrell of FIT, Hera Ford of Parsons, and Grace Wang of New York University.
The selection committee included Bezos Earth Fund Vice Chair Lauren Sánchez Bezos, CFDA President and CEO Steven Kolb, and designers Joseph Altuzarra, Stacey Bendet, Tommy Hilfiger, Grace Ling, Sami Miró, and Tracy Reese.
The Next Thread Initiative totals $6.25 million. Of that, $1.5 million funds student scholarships over three years, from 2026 to 2028, and $3 million will go to awards for independent American designers and brands. The 12 scholars study at Parsons, FIT, Pratt, Drexel, New York University, Marist, Academy of Art University, and California College of the Arts, with Parsons alone accounting for five of them. (Source: Council of Fashion Designers of America)
来源：美国时装设计师协会
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图片来源：图：位于纽约第五大道的 Parsons 设计学院校舍，首届 Next Thread 奖学金得主中有5人就读于该校。Wikimedia Commons 图片（CC0）。 / Photo: The Parsons School of Design building on Fifth Avenue in New York; five of the inaugural Next Thread scholars study there. Image via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
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