This year, the SYLFF fellowship was awarded to students of UL Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences: Jana Gerasimova, a student in the Professional Master’s Study Program “Financial Economics”; Eva Gaigalniece, a doctoral student in the Academic Doctoral Program in Social Sciences; Agris Raipalis, a doctoral student in the Academic Doctoral Program in Economics and Management; and Weronika Bronisława Felcis, a doctoral student in the Academic Doctoral Program in Social Sciences.
The SYLFF program, which has been implemented at UL since 2002, provides financial support to outstanding master’s and doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences, promoting the development of future leaders. Since the launch of the program at UL, 120 fellowship recipients have received support, contributing to the advancement of the academic environment in Latvia and internationally through their research and global experience.
Fellowship recipients are selected through a comprehensive evaluation of their previous academic and research achievements, motivation for studies and research, as well as the interdisciplinary nature, objectives, content, and expected outcomes of their proposed research projects. Recommendations and the candidates’ alignment with the core mission of The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund — fostering the development of new leaders — are also taken into consideration.
The UL expresses its gratitude to The Nippon Foundation and The Tokyo Foundation for their long-standing support, which enables UL students to become active researchers and leaders on a global scale, and congratulates the fellowship recipients on receiving the official approval from The Tokyo Foundation for the SYLFF fellowship.
The SYLFF program was established in 1987 through cooperation between The Nippon Foundation, which finances the program, and The Tokyo Foundation, which administers it. Its goal is to develop a new generation of leaders capable of addressing societal challenges through interdisciplinary knowledge and international cooperation.
 program at the University of Latvia (UL) has concluded. The Fellowship Steering Committee selected four fellowship recipients from a record-high number of 23 applicants to support the development of their research projects. ){kind=link}