Homeward Bound is a ground-breaking leadership initiative, set against the backdrop of Antarctica, which aims to heighten the influence and impact of women in making decisions that shape our planet.
It was (literally) the dream of Fabian Dattner (Australian leadership activist and consultant), who in collaboration with Antarctic marine scientist Jess-Melbourne Thomas, initially made Homeward Bound a reality. Together, they garnered the support of significant scientific bodies and women of influence, created a strong leadership team and teaching faculty and got the project off the ground. In 2015, the project went viral and the first leadership program and Antarctic voyage took place in 2016. For more information about Homeward Bound click here.
#TeamHB5 will welcome 80 women of all ages from around the world, as we build towards our vision of a global collaboration of 1000 women with a background in STEMM.
#TeamHB5 will be connected with the 331 women from our first four cohorts, who represent some 40 countries across the globe.
For a glimpse into life as a Homeward Bound participant, check out the videos here.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU APPLY:
- Applications close at 10am on 4th April 2019 (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time).
- Please be prepared, and allow enough time, to complete and submit your application in one sitting – there is no option to save and come back to it. To help with your preparations, you can click here to see the overview of the application form, plus the main questions you’ll need to answer.
- You have the option of printing your completed application prior to submission. You will also receive an automated email once your application has been successfully submitted; this will include a PDF copy of your application, for your future reference.
- We will be contacting you with the results of your application via email on 25th June 2019. We will also advise you by email of any unforeseen delays in the process. Please check your junk folder in the event that you do not receive any emails from Homeward Bound around this time.
ARE YOU READY AND ELIGIBLE?
Before proceeding with your application, please read the Homeward Bound #5 Application FAQs document, which contains important information – including eligibility criteria – for your consideration.
Read this before applying: HB5 Information pack and FAQs.
Next, a reminder that, as part of your application submission, you will be asked to upload a 3-page curriculum vitae (CV) and provide a link to a 2-minute ‘elevator pitch’ video that you will be posting on YouTube.
Details on how to upload the video are included in the application form (and in application overview); however, you will need to have your video already prepared before you start your application. To help you with this, apart from the information provided in the overview document, an alumna of our HB1 program, Dr Heidi Steltzer, has made a video with some useful tips, which you can view here.
For more information and to apply please click here.