- Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) – fellowship program of Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
- for full-time doctoral students of their third year of studies at most
- the fellowship is awarded for one year and may be extended for another year based on fulfilment of the curriculum
- the amount of the fellowship is USD 12,500/year
- a total of two new fellowships are awarded every year
Students must achieve the following during the fellowship period: - to complete a dissertation or a substantial part of it
- to carry out part of the research abroad
- to be enrolled in studies at CU for the entire fellowship period
- detailed information on the Rectorate´s wsebsite
- applications can be submitted once a year, the faculty deadline is at the end of April
- FA CU can nominate a maximum of 2 candidates
- Rectorate selects the CU candidates,
- Tokyo Foundation (TKFD) makes the final decision.
- successful candidates are contacted by TKFD, which will also sign acontract with them
Scholarship application documents in English:
- SYLFF Application Form
If students are receiving or planning to apply for another scholarship/grant at the same time as the SYLFF fellowship, this must be stated in the application together with the amount and purpose – covering the same expenses through multiple scholarships is not allowed (so-called double funding). - CV (max. two A4 pages)
- motivation letter (max. one and a half A4 pages)
- signed recommendation of the supervisor on the required Recommendation Letter form
Send documents as one PDF file named in the form Smith_FF_2024 to marie.hankova@ff.cuni.cz .
