Please note, applications for the 2020 cohort are closed. We anticipate opening applications for the 2021 cohort in early 2021.
The Cooperative Research Centres Association is partnering with the Governance Institute of Australia and ProVeritas Group to up-skill 100 people over 5 years on the pathway to board positions.
We invite anyone at a CRC Association member organisation – especially STEM and innovation professionals – who identifies as being from an under-represented group to apply and join us on the pathway to diverse, inclusive directorship.
You will undertake the Governance Institute’s Certificate of Governance for Not-for-Profits or Certificate in Governance Practice (usually priced at $3570) to provide you with a solid grounding in governance, and participate in coaching sessions with some of Australia’s top directors of R&D to help you identify and build your own strengths.
Together, we will go much further to get you on track to a board role: we can’t guarantee you a board role, but we can guarantee you’ll be on the pathway to one.
BENEFITS
As a Pathways to Directorship Scholar, you will:
- Obtain a Certificate in Governance for Not-for-Profits or a Certificate in Governance Practice, designed and taught by experts in the intricate area of governance, you’ll leave confident in your ability to support good governance practices
- Complete the six course units online at your own pace
- Participate in an interactive workshop on the 25th of May run by Dr Ruby Campbell, Managing Director of ProVeritas Group, on the foundations of the leadership coaching process and an introduction to the 7 modules of the SCIENCE of Leadership coaching framework
- Participate in six coaching sessions with some of Australia’s top directors of R&D to help you identify and build your own strengths
- Pay only $1940 (certificate usually priced at $3570)
WHO SHOULD APPLY
We invite anyone at a CRC Association member organisation – especially STEM and innovation professionals from all disciplines – to apply who:
- Identifies as under-represented on corporate boards based on factor/s such as but not limited to:
- Gender
- Nationality and culture (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders)
- Ability and disability
- Neurodiversity
- Sexual orientation
- Region, and
- Is looking forward to up-skilling and commencing their journey towards directorship – whether on profit-driven or not-for-profit boards – and
- Has held no board appointments, and
- Can make the time investment into completing the certificate, participating in the coaching sessions, and applying for board or committee positions.
TO APPLY
Apply for the Scholarship below, receive a confirmation from us that your application has been accepted pending formal registration and payment, then complete those steps within one week to secure your place.
Information submitted will be treated as confidential and only used for the purpose of processing applications. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note, applications for the 2020 cohort are closed. We anticipate opening applications for the 2021 cohort in early 2021.