Articles & Interviews

Extraordinary challenges demand extraordinary responses! Read about our work in 2020, the conclusion of our Medium Term Plan and how we want to tackle the challenges of the next decade.

The Jacobs Foundation Conference expert jury has announced the recipients of the four Promising Innovation Prizes and the four Grand Innovation Prizes.

32 teams worked on education solutions during the first virtual Conference Solveathon.

To enable true impact, the Jacobs Foundation is partnering with MindCET on the Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESAwards) with a special track on individualized learning. Interested EdTech start-ups can apply now.

The 2021 Jacobs Foundation Conference addresses education challenges facing children in the next decades. In partnership with MIT Solve, participants will develop solutions to actionable challenges, with up to CHF 1 million in funding available.

Education solutions for a post-COVID world

It fills us with sadness that our former Trustee Flavio Cotti passed away on Wednesday. Our thoughts are with his family, to whom we extend our sincere condolences.

The Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation welcomes two new members. We also thank our longest serving member.

Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow Tobias Hauser has developed a fun app for kids based on current neuroscience, to help understand why mental health problems often arise during adolescence.