SYLFF ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund The SYLFF fellowship program of the Tokyo Foundation (TKFD) supports the education of outs with leadership potential. • Selection criteria • Terms and conditions for awarding the fellowship at CU • Procedures for nomination and selection of candidates • Forms • Program schedule • University comittee • Evaluation of results • SYLFF Fellows • Contact person SYLFF provides a maximum of two years of financial support to students of PhD programmes i sciences or humanities for writing their dissertations. An important criterion for support research is its contribution to society. SYLFF is a network of 16,000 exceptional students from 69 leading universities in 44 count world. The supported applicants, SYLFF Fellows, are presented on the Sylff Association [ U www.sylff.org/fellows/"] website. The fellowship allows students not only to connect with other fellows, but also offers the to obtain additional funding through support programs [ URL "https://www.sylff.org/support Additional information is also available in the manual ****************************************************************************************** * Selection criteria ****************************************************************************************** The applicant must primarily meet the following criteria: • At the time of applying, students must be a full-time PhD student (maximum 3rd year) at participating CU faculties: • Faculty of Arts / Faculty of Social Sciences / Faculty of Humanities / Faculty of Law of Education / Hussite Theological Faculty / Protestant Theological Faculty / Catholic Faculty • For the entire period of the fellowship, students must be enrolled in studies at Charles As part of the selection of applicants, the following qualities will be evaluated: • Leadership Skills • Contribution of Research to Society • Past Academic Activities of the Applicatn • Meaningfulness of Proposed Research Abroad • Presentation of the Dissertation (evaluated only within the rectoral round) ****************************************************************************************** * Terms and conditions for awarding the fellowship at CU ****************************************************************************************** • A total of two new fellowships are awarded every year. • The fellowship is awarded for one year, and it can be extended by another year based on the individual curriculum. • The amount of the fellowship is USD 12,500/year. • If students receive or plan to apply for another scholarship/grant at the same time as t fellowship, this must be stated in the application together with its amount and purpose. same expenses through multiple scholarships is not possible. • Students must achieve the following during the fellowship: • Complete their dissertation or a substantial part of it • Carry out a study visit abroad. • The fellowship is not intended for students studying outside the standard period of stud • Supported students are required to state in their dissertation that their work was made the support of the SYLFF fellowship. ****************************************************************************************** * Procedures for nomination and selection of candidates ****************************************************************************************** Announcement of call for applications: The Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Mobility at CU announces the call to the par faculties in a letter to the vice-deans for international affairs (see schedule). Announcement of selection procedure by the faculties: The faculties announce the selection procedure on their web pages and in other accessible Application process: Applicants complete the application, provide all supporting documents (see form), and subm the international relations office of their faculty by the deadline published on the facul individual faculties communicate with the applicants. Submitting documents to the Rectorate’s International Relations Office: Faculties submit information to the International Relations Office for a maximum of two of candidates in the faculty selection procedure together with all of their documents by the the Rectorate’s International Office in the schedule. An overview of documents that need t to the Rectorate’s International Office is provided in the section Application Form. Facul attach the Evaluation Sheet provided by Rectorate to the faculty coordinators. Meeting of the SYLFF committee: The nine-member University Committee meets on a date scheduled in advance (see schedule). consists of the Vice-Rector for International Affairs and Mobility and eight representativ participating faculties. The committee will evaluate the applicants in preferential order. Announcement of the results to applicants: All applicants are informed of the results of the selection procedure by their faculty. The winning candidates are nominated (see schedule) at the TKFD for final approval. They a directly by the TKFD, which also signs a contract with them. ****************************************************************************************** * Application form ****************************************************************************************** SYLFF fellowship applicants Applications must be submitted in English in pdf format and must contain the following doc • SYLFF Application Form [ URL "UKEN-2354-version1-uk_8933_version1_sylff_application_form (Applicants requesting an extension of the scholarship submit the SYLFF Extension Applic "UKEN-2354-version1-uk_8933_version1_uk_8933_version1_sylff_extension_application_form.d • Applicant’s CV (max. two A4 pages) • Motivation letter (max. one and a half A4 pages) • Recommendation letter [ URL "UKEN-2354-version1- uk_8933_version1_uk_8933_version1_letter_of_recommendation_2025.docx"] (Applicants requesting an extension of the scholarship submit a Recommendation Letter (E "UKEN-2354-version1-letter_of_recommendation__2nd_year.docx"] ) Successful applicants • Provide their Bank Account Information [ URL "UKEN-2354-version1-bank_account_informatio crediting the fellowship funds. • During the fellowship, they are required to write an interim reports and a Final report "UKEN-2354-version1-sylff_fellowship_report.docx"] relating to their activities. ****************************************************************************************** * Program schedule ****************************************************************************************** by February 16 Rectorate announces the call for applications to the faculties by April 30 Applicants submit applications to the faculty coordinator (facult by May 31 The faculty nominates candidates at the Rectorate by June 30 Rectorate´s selection process: Sylff Committee meeting (interview winning candidates) by July 13 Rectorate submits the results of the selection process to the fac by July 21 The faculty coordinator announces the results to all applicants by August 31 Approval by TKFD, signing contracts with fellows (winning candida in October TKFD arranges bank transfer of fellowships ****************************************************************************************** * University committee ****************************************************************************************** Chair: Prof. PhDr. Eva Voldřichová Beránková, Ph.D. - Vice-Rector for International Affairs (Rect Members: PhDr. Milan Žonca, Ph.D. Faculty of Arts doc. JUDr. Mgr. Magdalena Pfeiffer, Ph.D. Faculty of Law PhDr. Zuzana Kasáková, Ph.D Faculty of Social Sciences doc. Veronika Čapská, Ph.D. Faculty of Humanities doc. PhDr. Martin Rusek, Ph.D. Faculty of Education doc. ThDr. Kamila Veverková, Ph.D. Hussite Theological Faculty prof. ThDr. Martin Prudký Protestant Theological Faculty PhDr. Markéta Jarošová, Ph.D. Catholic Theological Faculty ****************************************************************************************** * Evaluation of results ****************************************************************************************** Before the end of the first year, the university committee evaluates the fellow’s achievem of an interview and confirms the continuation of their fellowship for the following year. At the end of the two-year period, the university committee evaluates the results after pr final theses with a list of publications and other work from the students. ****************************************************************************************** * Frequently asked questions ****************************************************************************************** Visit FAQ [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-2357.html"] ****************************************************************************************** * SYLFF Fellows ****************************************************************************************** SYLFF Fellows 2025 Zuzana Arazim Dolejší, Faculty of Education Zuzana's doctoral research focuses on developing critica education. She explores how to adapt standard teaching p to support skills such as working with information, reco misleading data, and strengthening argumentation abiliti teaching the course Critical Thinking in Mathematics at University of Vienna, where she plans to collaborate wit apply the insights gained to student education and teach Barbora Doležalová, Faculty of Social Sciences Barbora (she/her) focuses on the sociology of work, gend conducting feminist participatory action research on sex work explores possibilities for social justice, collecti precarization within the sale of sexual services. She is abolition, anti-gender discourses, and the political lan she strives to be active in pro-choice, queer, anti-raci movements. SYLFF Fellows 2024 Tomáš Koref, Faculty of Law Tomáš focuses on judicial decision-making and legal argu courts apply law in practice, connecting legal theory wi learning, and didactics. His research pursues three goal incorrect legal reasoning; to empirically uncover how su overturn lower court rulings; and to develop a new cours Czech law curriculum. Jan Musil, Faculty of Arts Jan focuses on thanatographies—autobiographical narrativ —particularly in Central Europe. He is interested in why topic of death and how the stories of others can help us how death, loss, and grief can be depicted in literature in culture alongside genres like horror, true crime, or SYLFF Fellows 2023 Michal Gladiš, Faculty of Humanities Michal focuses on ethics and human values in technologie computing capabilities, and the impact of AI on human co In his dissertation, he explores the opportunities and r assistants. Filip Jelínek, Faculty of Law Filip focuses on public law and constitutional theory. I the issue of state inactivity and its legal grasp. He is constitutionalism, interested in the relationship betwee concept of public interest, and also classical questions political theory. SYLFF Fellows 2022 Michaela Honelová, Faculty of Humanities In her project, Michaela deals with the sociological und surgery in the Czech context. Her research interest is t woman to undergo anti-ageing surgery. With this work, sh sociological debate about the functioning of power in me addition to anti-ageing, Michaela is also interested in Jana Soukupová, Faculty of Law Jana specializes in IT law with a focus on data, virtual part of her dissertation, she examines digital assets an law and legal regulation. Specifically, Jana is interest assets and the rights of users to this intangible proper SYLFF Fellows 2021 Ivana Hay, Faculty of Education Ivana focuses on the education of deaf children in the a looking for ways to make museums and galleries accessibl teachers. Ivana also focuses on the question of whether to learn something about their own culture and art in ar fellowship, she has had the opportunity to visit Poland access and activities for deaf children and adults. Lukáš Lev Červinka, Faculty of Law Lukáš is interested in the socio-legal study of constitu thinking. His current research project focuses on the impact of an constitutional systems of Italy and the Czech Republic. ****************************************************************************************** * Current information ****************************************************************************************** Follow the SYLFF at the CU [ URL "https://www.facebook.com/sylffnauk/"] Facebook page. ****************************************************************************************** * Contact person ****************************************************************************************** Ing. Anna Tlamichová International Relations Office [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-607.html"] anna.tlamichova(zavinac)ruk.cuni.cz [ MAIL "anna.tlamichova(zavinac)ruk.cuni.cz"]