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About
- Sylff Program
  
  Cultivating leaders of tomorrow in countries worldwide
  
  Mission & Philosophy
  
  The goals of the Sylff Program and the leadership qualities it seeks to nurture
- Message from the Chairman
  
  Promoting peaceful and socially inclusive development
  
  Sylff Association
  
  Platform to bring all Sylff stakeholders closer together
- History
  
  Major milestones since the program's inception in 1987
  
  Contact
  
  Ask questions, offer comments, or come visit us in Tokyo
Institutions
Fellows
Support Programs
- Overview
- Research
  
  Research Grant (SRG)
  
  Up to US$5,000 to support doctoral and post-doc fellows’ academic research activities in their field of expertise.
  
  Research Abroad
  (SRA)
  
  Up to US$5,000 to support research in a foreign country for a doctoral dissertation.
- Social Action
  
  Leadership
  Initiatives (SLI)
  
  Up to US$10,000 for social action projects and conferences/workshops initiated by fellows.
  
  Project Grant (SPG)
  
  Large-scale grants for projects with potential for substantial social impact.
- Networking
  
  Leaders Workshop
  
  Opportunities for intercultural group learning and leadership enhancement.
News & Voices
Administrators
Operation Manual
- Overview
- Conventional Scheme
  
  Guidelines on program and endowment management
- New Scheme
  
  For institutions wishing to focus on program operations
- Administrators Meetings
  
  Learn best practices and meet other Sylff administrators

Support Programs

SRA Awardees for Fiscal 2015, Second round

The Tokyo Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of SRA awards in fiscal 2015-second round (awardees are listed in alphabetical order).

*Name, currently enrolled institution (country), visited institution (country), title of the report (will be uploaded after the research period)

- Nemanja BACKOVIC
  
  FR: University of Belgrade (Serbia)
  TO: Univ. of California, San Diego (USA)
  Report:"Development and Integration of Renewable Energy Sources:..."

Diani CITRA

FR: Columbia University (USA)
TO: Remotivi (Indonesia)
Diana DENHAM

FR: Portland State Univ. (USA)
TO: Center for Higher Level Research in Social Anthropology (Mexico)
Report:"The Persistence of Indigenous Markets in Mexico's Supermarket Revolution"
Mariana Dos SANTOS PARRA

FR: Univ. of Deusto (Spain)
TO: Universite d'Etat d'Haiti (Haiti)
Report:UN peace operations and local peoples the case of Minustah
Holly Lynn HORAN

FR: Oregon State Univ. (USA)
TO: Mujeres Ayudando a Madres (MAM) and Menonitas Hospital (Puerto Rico)
Romina ISTRATII

FR: SOAS, Univ. of London (UK)
TO: Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
*Sylff fellow from University of Sussex (UK)
Saide JAMAL

FR: Univ. of Coimbra (Portugal)
TO: University of Pisa (Italy)
Report:"Deepening Citizenship Rights: Democratic Innovations to Promote Local Economic Development in Tuscany-Italy"
Reep Pandi LEPCHA

FR: Jadavpur University (India)
TO: Kern Institute, Leiden Univ. and Univ. of Tartu (The Netherlands and Estonia)
Report:"Indigenous Oral Narratives: Alternative Spaces of Expression and…"
Bijoy Phillip V.G

FR: Jawaharlal Nehru Univ. (India)
TO: Cinematheque Francaise, Sorbonne (France)
Report:"Left Bank Cinema: Memories of Time and History"
Meredith STARTZ

FR: Yale University (USA)
TO: Nigeria (Fieldwork)
Report:"The value of face-to-face: Search and contracting problems in Nigerian trade"
Esi Eduwaa THOMPSON

FR: Univ. of Oregon (USA)
TO: Monrovia, Liberia and Accra (Ghana)
Report:"Communicating in a Public Health Crisis: The Case of Ebola in West Africa"
Dessislava VENDOVA

FR: Columbia University (USA)
TO: Peking University (China)
Report:"The life of the Buddha at Chinese Buddhist cave complexes in Northwestern and Central China"