EUniWell Leadership Fellowship - Pilot Round
Structure and components of the Fellowship
The Fellowship promotes leadership skills in an international group of colleagues. It offers theoretical input, hands-on application, and individual development opportunities through group work and peer-to-peer formats.
Commencing on 25 October 2023, the Fellowship spans three months, concluding on 25 January 2024. It combines live training sessions in both in-person and online formats with asynchronous learning by means of a coaching app. The Leadership Fellowship starts and concludes with an in-person workshop at the University of Cologne. Two further live trainings, guided community sessions, as well as several asynchronous trainings via the coaching app and peer-to-peer reviews take place online in the months between the two in-person workshops. The individual components are designed to provide theoretical input on leadership skills, intensive training, and peer-to-peer guidance on an individual basis.
The kick-off
The two-day kick-off meeting takes place in Cologne on 25 and 26 October 2023 and introduces the programme. It provides each fellow with an individual learning path for the Fellowship and participants are divided into two groups in which they attend individual training sessions. The fellows receive theoretical introductions to central leadership concepts and theories as well as an introduction to the training’s methodological approach. Furthermore, peer groups, each consisting of max. four fellows, are identified and prepared for individual meetings.
Individual e-learning sessions
The fellows have the opportunity to train their individual leadership skills during e-learning sessions. These skills are identified during the introductory kick-off meeting in Cologne. The e-learning sessions are designed to allow the fellows to improve the desired skills through individual work in a flexible manner.
Based on the individual work pace and complexity, each session can be completed in a flexible timeframe of 30 to 90 minutes.
Peer group meetings
The peer group meetings provide a platform for individual guidance, support, and exchange on the leadership skills developed through the e-learning sessions and discussed in the two main training groups. The group members collectively decide on the content, guided by a trainer who helps structure the meetings. Throughout the Fellowship, a minimum of three individual peer group meetings are scheduled at flexible intervals to accommodate everyone’s availability.
Reflection training groups
After the individual peer group meetings, the fellows engage in reflective sessions to review their experience and progress since the kick-off. These sessions are conducted within 14-member training groups and encourage extensive exchange and networking. The fellows are guided to reflect on their learnings in the peer group meetings.
The reflection training session is scheduled for 1.5 hours.
Closing session
The closing session takes place on 25 January and brings all participants back to Cologne for a guided reflection on the programme as well as final training and feedback sessions. It also prepares the fellows to transfer the skills they have acquired into their individual professional contexts as leaders.
The closing session lasts for one day.
Eligible applicants
The Fellowship is aimed at mid-career researchers from all EUniWell Universities who are either preparing to assume leadership within a research team or who have recently transitioned into such positions. Please note that only researchers who currently work at a EUniWell universities are eligible to apply.
In particular, the fellows meet the following criteria:
- hold a PhD or doctoral degree,
- possess several years of research experience following the completion of their PhD,
- aspire to pursue a career in research leadership, whether within or outside of academia.
How to apply
If you wish to apply for the Leadership Fellowship, please submit the following documents to fellowships[at]euniwell.eu by 1 October 2023:
- A cover letter in English, approximately one DIN A4 page long, that includes:
- Your motivation for participating in the Fellowship.
- A brief introduction to your academic career and future plans.
- Your understanding of the significance of well-being and how you envision promoting it at your workplace as a leader.
- A CV in English (including relevant certificates), providing an overview of:
- Your career development.
- Your current position at a EUniWell university.
- Past and current research projects you have been involved in.
- Relevant life-long trainings you have attended until now (documented via certificates).
- Your PhD / Doctoral Degree Diploma.
Please note that failing to submit any of the above-mentioned documents will result in your application being ineligible for consideration.
A total of 28 places are available. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the EUniWell member universities.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at fellowships[at]euniwell.eu.
Important dates
- Application deadline: 24 September 2023
- Invitations sent out: 2 October 2023
- In-person kick-off: 25 - 26 October 2023
- Reflection training: 7 December 2023
- In-person closing session: 25 January 2024
