Articles & Interviews

Since 2015, the Foundation and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business have selected young people each year to participate in a two-year Entrepreneurship Career Program. Tyler Saltiel shares with us his insights about the pursuit of meaningful work.

Starting kindergarten can be difficult. The Meierhöfli School has launched a new project designed to help children as they make this transition. We take a look at a special kind of kindergarten.

The world’s largest cocoa and chocolate companies have joined TRECC to boost quality of education in rural Ivory Coast. With the help of local and international development organizations, the companies will implement different education models.

Psychologist Jessica C. Buehler has been focusing in her research on how dialect-based language processing is characterized at the brain level, and how speaking a dialect may affect learning to read and write in school.

Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for the unique “Learning Sciences Exchange” fellowship programme, which is designed to facilitate the discussion between scientists, journalists, entertainers and policy-makers.

From February 1 until February 2, 2018 the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference (GPE) takes place in Dakar. It will be the first time a donor and developing country co-host such an event, symbolizing the spirit of true partnership.

The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers aiming at improving the learning, development and living conditions of children and youth. Deadline is March 18, 2018.

The Johann Jacobs Museum presents an exhibition about Japanese sugar plantation workers in Hawai’i. It considers a key moment in the history of the modern world: the emergence of Japan as a global power.

The Jacobs Foundation is delighted to announce the fellows who will be part of the 2018-2020 Research Fellowship Program.