The travel allowance was used to pay part of the cost for Ms. Julie Piquee, a student from Arts & Métiers graduate school of engineering (France). Ms Piquee applied in early 2011 for an internship with CSIRO to work on a project investigating cotton fibre and yarn tensile properties.

The travel subsidy of $3500 from the CRDC was used to cover around half of her living allowance for the six month internship.