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The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Postgraduate Scholarship

Scholarship details

The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) Postgraduate Scholarship
Study levels PhD, Master's Degree, Master's degree
Value $31,000 (master's) or $42,000 (doctoral).
Length up to three years for PhD students and one year for Masters students
Open date Friday, 1 January 2010
Close date Friday, 1 January 2010
Domestic/international Domestic Only

About the scholarship

$31,000 (master's) or $42,000 (doctoral) One (master's) or three (doctoral) years' duration One award Full-time, Postgraduate, Masters, PhD or doctorate International network. 1 December 2024 1 March 2025 New Zealand citizen or permanent resident. Age restriction. Full-time study only. High achievement. Master's Degree. Doctoral Degree.

Entry requirements

We're looking for a Master's or Doctoral research student who demonstrates leadership qualities and is researching the broad fields of Humanities, Social Sciences or interdisciplinary studies that incorporate Humanities and Social Sciences by focusing on complex, wicked problems (e.g. sustainability, poverty).

You must be:

  • a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
  • enrolled in or eligible to enrol in a research degree with a topic that incorporates Humanities and Social Sciences
  • under the age of 35 at the time of application
  • studying or intending to study at one of New Zealand's eight universities