Articles & Interviews

The Jacobs Foundation funds international leading research teams around the globe so young learners can learn, live, and work in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

The Jacobs Foundation announces three new coalitions that will enable researchers and social entrepreneurs to jointly create evidence-based education solutions.

The Jacobs Foundation announces a new partnership with UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti and UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein to expand Data Must Speak (DMS) Positive Deviance Research into 3 new countries: Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana.

A shortlist of 27 innovative ideas have been finalised that change the way we think about formative assessment. These education innovations are supporting both teaching and learning including the critical role students play in their own learning.

The Jacobs Foundation and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have jointly committed CHF 6 million to boost inclusive and equitable education for children and youth in West Africa and MENA.

EPFL and ETH Zurich, Switzerland’s two federal institutes of technology, team up to offer their first joint doctoral program in the learning sciences funded by the Jacobs Foundation.

The Jacobs Foundation is now calling for applications for the globally competitive Jacobs Research Fellowship Program.

Prof. Charles A. Nelson and Prof. Daniel L. Schwartz received the two 2021 Research Prizes in a special online ceremony on November 19. An international audience celebrated our two Prize recipients via livestream.

Prof. Charles A. Nelson and Prof. Daniel L. Schwartz receive a 2021 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize in a special ceremony that reflects our current extraordinary circumstances.