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Professionals are welcome to apply for the Sciana Network's sixth cohort
Due to start in May 2024, this program is led by Sir David Behan, Chair of Cohort 6, and Mary Helen Pombo, Director of Sciana.
Cohort 6's theme is "Systems leadership for new forms of health, care, and wellbeing." Over two years, the programme will include four in-person residential meetings in Salzburg, Austria, at Schloss Leopoldskron, home of Salzburg Global Seminar.
The tentative dates* for the in-person meetings in Salzburg are:
Fellows will also be encouraged to work in smaller project teams between formal meetings to collaborate on joint projects, which involves two to four hours per month. Fellows typically remain active within the network and are invited to contribute to Sciana beyond their initial two-year fellowship.
We are looking for mid-to-senior level leaders in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK who can catalyse and empower collective action among actors, organisations, and coalitions for systems-level change in health. Fellows chosen to join Cohort 6 will exchange strategies, pioneering work, innovations, and bold ideas in their work towards developing new forms of health promotion and care.
The programme will allow participants to learn from other Fellows' pioneering work across Germany, Switzerland, and the UK and international experts. In addition, Fellows will be given ample space and support to incubate and test new cross-boundary collaborations among the group through an applied leadership project called the Sciana Challenge.
We will be responding to applications by September 2023. If you are selected for the next application round, you'll be invited to an online interview with the foundations and Salzburg Global Seminar. The final interview will take place in person.
For more information on how to apply and our selection criteria, please visit our application page.
*These dates include travel time to and from Salzburg. On the first day, participants arrive in the evening, and on the last day, participants travel back home in the morning. The programme takes place over three days.