Institutions

Local Name of Sylff Program

The Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
The Sasakawa Young Leaders Foundation Fellowship

Program Description

The program provides financial support to graduate students of superior ability committed to careers in international affairs who are studying for the Ph.D. degree in the academic areas of African studies, economics, history, communication and culture, international relations, and sociology.

*For details and updates, please refer to the Sylff institution's website listed above.

Year Endowed

1991

Steering Committee

Chairperson
Dr. Dana A. Williams
Professor of African American Literature, Chair of the Department of English

Contact Person
Dr. Mika Kato
Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Others

Howard University Graduate School Sylff Fellows Association―HUGSSFA

Fellows