Sylff News

Thank you for your interest in our two Support Programs: Sylff Research Grant (SRG) and Sylff Leadership Initiatives (SLI). We are grateful for all the applications and inquiries we received in fiscal year 2024.

This is to notify you of several important changes that will take effect in fiscal 2025 (April 2025–March 2026):

• Sylff Research Grant: Until now, SRG has been supporting a broad range of research activities, such as hiring assistants and outsourcing large-scale data collection. In 2025, eligible activities will be centered on fieldwork, with awards being expanded to a maximum of $10,000 for international fieldwork to cover travel expenses. Up to $5,000 will be available, as in the past, for domestic fieldwork.
  
  
• Sylff Leadership Initiatives: Due to the need to align the program with our accounting (fiscal) year, applications should now be submitted according to a fixed schedule, rather than any time during the year. We are therefore suspending the acceptance of new applications until the start of fiscal 2025 in April. Prospective applicants should prepare their applications for submission around May 2025. The screening of concept papers and formal applications that have already been submitted will continue. Please wait to hear the screening results from the Sylff Association secretariat.

The Call for Applications for fiscal 2025 for both SRG and SLI will be posted on our website on April 1, 2025. Please be sure to check for updates so you don’t miss any important deadlines!

We appreciate your continued engagement with the Sylff community and look forward to supporting impactful research and leadership initiatives.