Articles & Interviews

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.

We pledge half a billion Swiss francs to help build more resilient education systems on a global scale in the context of our Strategy 2030.

The Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes recognize the outstanding commitment and contribution of organizations advancing child and youth development around the world. This year we are honored to present not one but three Prizes.