The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 call for applications for its Research Fellowship Program.

The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and youth worldwide. The relevant disciplines include, but are not limited to, education sciences, psychology, economics, sociology, behavioral science, computer science, pedagogy, linguistics, neurosciences, and science of learning.

Particularly encouraged to apply are scholars who seek to combine multiple levels of analysis and engage in interdisciplinary work. A special focus lies on work to understand and embrace variability in learning; promote the generation, transfer, and practical application of evidence on human learning and development or increase the capacity to scale up effective education policies and practices.

The Jacobs Foundation is especially interested in the following questions:

• How do variations in individuals and contextual factors influence learning, development and learning outcomes?
• How can we design for learner variability at scale to enable all children to reach their potential as learners and in life?
• How can we produce interventions that reduce growing inequalities in children’s learning and overcome disparities in the impacts of digital technologies?
• How can we address the role of data to help learners and teachers make informed decisions about their learning and teaching?
• What school-level learning approaches, environments, and experiences are effective in improving learning outcomes in heterogeneous student groups?

Fellowships are awarded to highly talented and innovative early and mid-career researchers who have received their PhD within the past 10 years. Funding from Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowships is awarded directly to the fellow’s institution and may be used by the fellow over a three-year period to cover a portion of the fellow’s salary and for any purpose in support of the fellow’s research, such as assistants’ salaries, equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, or trainee support.

The ideal fellow does not only have a great research idea but also a significant potential as a researcher to contribute as part of interdisciplinary teams within and beyond the network of the Jacobs Foundation. In addition to providing fellows with independent and competitive funding, the program offers a wide range of non-financial benefits.

Please visit the application site for further information and to apply.

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We invite applications for our 2024 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes, honoring outstanding achievement from institutions or individuals in implementing evidence-based solutions for child learning and education.

We are looking for your application!

Three Best Practice Prizes, each endowed with CHF 200,000, will be awarded in November 2024.

Applications should align with the Foundation’s strategy and will be assessed along the following criteria. 

To submit your initial application, please click here and complete the online form

Submission due date is 16 February 2024, 23.00 CET.

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The Jacobs Foundation is currently calling for nominations for the 2023 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. The Klaus J. Jacobs Awards were established in 2009, in memory of the Jacobs Foundation founder, to honour his commitment to promote research, practice and scientific advancement in the field of child and youth development and learning. While purpose of the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize is to acknowledge exceptional researchers, whose scientific contributions advance the field in youth development in any scholarly discipline, the prize offers much more than the 1 million Swiss Francs endowment. Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize recipients become a fundamental cornerstone of the Jacobs Network by mentoring early career researchers, collaborating with other experts from different fields and disciplines, as well as deeping their research impact through communication and bringing research into practise. Nominations are being recieved here: Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize Eligibility Criteria or contact award@jacobsfoundation.org.

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The Jacobs Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2023 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. The prize awards outstanding scientific contributions of individuals from all scholarly disciplines aiming at improving learning, development, and living conditions of children and youth. This includes, but is not limited to, educational sciences, psychology, economics, sociology, family studies, media studies, political sciences, linguistics, neurosciences, computer sciences, and medical sciences.

The prize is endowed with 1 Mio. Swiss Francs, of which 900’000 Swiss Francs are for use in a research project and 100’000 Swiss Francs are for related costs, such as travel, networking, and dissemination. The prize has a global scope. It addresses scholars who have achieved major breakthroughs in understanding child development and learning, embrace learning variability and individual differences, and have the potential to advance the field by actively conducting research. Self-nominations cannot be accepted.

A Prize Jury, consisting of a selected group of internationally renowned scientists across a range of disciplines, will choose the laureate from the pool of nominated candidates.

All documents pertaining to the nomination should be submitted online by 15^th March 2023, 23:59h CET. To begin the online submission process, please visit Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize Eligibility Criteria – Jacobs Foundation. Please note that nominations must be submitted in English.

For more Information, please visit Jacobs Foundation Research Prize or contact award@jacobsfoundation.org.

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The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and youth worldwide. Fellowships are awarded to highly talented and innovative early and mid-career researchers who have received their PhD within the past 10 years.

The ideal fellow does not only have a great research idea but a significant potential as a researcher to contribute as part of interdisciplinary teams within and beyond the network of the Jacobs Foundation. Find out more and submit your application by 15 January 2023 here:

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The Jacobs Foundation has partnered with NORRAG, the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Unesco International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) to offer an Executive Education course on Innovative Financing for Education.

A Certificate of Advance Studies will be issued by the Geneva Graduate Institute, and five scholarships are available through the Jacobs Foundation. Innovative financing is gaining attention to support more and better financing in education, as highlighted at the United Nations’ Transforming Education Summit. Innovative financing aims to use creative financing structures or arrangements to facilitate the movement of funds from sources interested in giving funds for a particular purpose to domains or sectors that need funds to carry on their activities.

The course will be delivered fully online from 3 March 2023 to 30 June 2023. It aims to increase the knowledge and capacity of education and finance sector professionals working towards the realization of SDG4 and SDG17. Participants will build their understanding of the opportunities and challenges posed by innovative financing mechanisms for education, and develop skills in examining the potential benefits and challenges in designing and implementing innovative financing mechanisms within the education sector.

Apply early to be considered for a scholarship here: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/ife

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We invite applications for our 2022 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes, honoring outstanding achievement and practice in advancing quality education.

The Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes honor outstanding achievement and practice in advancing quality education. We are looking for your application!

Three Best Practice Prizes, each endowed with CHF 200,000, will be awarded in late September 2022.

Applications should align with the Foundation’s strategy Understanding and Embracing Variability in Learning, and reinforce the core competences described therein.

Track record and planned work of applying organizations will be assessed along the following criteria:

To submit your initial application, please click here and complete the online form.

Submission due date is February 10, 2022, 23.00 CET.

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This unique cross-sectoral and international Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX) fellowship program is designed to foster broader understanding, widespread dissemination, and better application of the insights emerging from the science of learning. The call for applications for the third cohort is now open until February 15th, 2022. Fifteen fellows will be chosen, three from each of the following fields:

• Research
• Journalism
• Entrepreneurship
• Education
• Entertainment

LSX Fellows will work in teams to develop cross-sectoral projects that drive change in schools and other learning settings.

The ideal LSX Fellow candidate will be engaged in tackling education problems, applying the science of learning, or working on communication efforts related to adaptive teaching and individualized learning.

The LSX was launched in 2018 with a first cohort of 12 LSX Fellows featuring researchers, policy influencers, journalists, and entertainment producers from Europe and North America. Fellows worked in three interdisciplinary groups over two years to produce innovative projects including public service announcements, parent-child activity cards and animated messages, and the first in a new series of children’s books.

Want to learn more?
Apply online.
Read the Call for Applications and the FAQ.

The LSX is a partnership of New America, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University, Roberta Golinkoff of the University of Delaware, and the Jacobs Foundation.

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The relevant disciplines include, but are not limited to, education sciences, psychology, economics, sociology, behavioral science, computer science, pedagogy, linguistics, neurosciences, and science of learning.

Particularly encouraged to apply are scholars who seek to combine multiple levels of analysis and engage in interdisciplinary work. A special focus lies on work to understand and embrace variability in learning; promote the generation, transfer, and practical application of evidence on human learning and development.

Find out more and submit your application here.

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