Applications are open for the international Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program 2024. The Global Fellowship Program was launched to promote Research on Child and Youth Development. The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a paid fellowship program. The Research Fellowship Program provides funding for up to 3 years. The international fellowship program is open to highly talented early and mid-career researchers whose work is related to improving the learning and development of youth and children worldwide. The ideal fellow for the Jacobs Foundation Fellowship program is one who has received their PhD or equivalent degree within the past ten years.
The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship 2024 is a global competitive fellowship program. The relevant disciplines of the research fellowship include education sciences, economics, psychology, sociology, computer science, behavioral science, pedagogy, neurosciences, linguistics, and science of learning, but are not limited to only these fields. The Jacobs Global Fellowship Program 2024 encourages those scholars who seek to combine different levels of analysis and participate in interdisciplinary work. The global research fellowship’s special focus lies in understanding and embracing variance in learning, promoting the generation, transfer, and practical application on human learning and development, or increasing the capacity to advance effective education policies and practices.
The Jacobs Foundation is interested in the following questions, and these questions are aligned with their research agenda. The questions include: How do changes in individuals and contextual factors affect learning and development and learning outcomes? How can they design for learner variability at any scale to permit all children to reach their potential as learners and in life? How can they produce interventions that can reduce growing inequalities in children’s learning and overcome inequalities in the impacts of digital technologies? How can they address the role of data to help learners and teachers make decisions about their learning and teaching?
The funding amount from Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowships is directly awarded to the fellow’s institution. Furthermore, it may be used by the fellow for the period of three years to cover a part of the fellow’s salary and for any other purpose in support of the fellow’s research, such as equipment, assistants’ salaries, technical assistance, trainee support, or professional travel. The ideal fellow for the Jacobs Global Fellowship Program is not only one with an excellent research idea but also one with significant potential as a researcher to commit to interdisciplinary teams within the network of the Jacobs Foundation.
