Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. The prize, which is endowed with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and youth. Experts and professional organizations all over the world who are engaged in research on children and youth are ...
Zurich (ots) - - - The 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize goes to Professor Greg J. Duncan of the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. - Receiving the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize is Germany's ELTERN-AG organization. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation that is active ...
Zurich (ots) - Dr. Olaf von Maydell has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, effective May 1, 2013. A tax consultant who holds a PhD in agricultural economics, Dr. von Maydell is a partner in the Schomerus & Partner tax consulting firm in Berlin. He served as General Manager of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin from ...
Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. This prize, which comes with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars in any discipline devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and adolescents. Professional organizations and experts all over the world who are engaged in research on ...
Zurich (ots) - - - The 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize is awarded to Prof. Dante Cicchetti, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. - The Off Road Kids Foundation in Germany will receive the 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation ...
Zurich, Switzerland (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation's Board of Trustees appoints Laura Tyson and Ulman Lindenberger as new members as of January 1, 2012. US economist Laura Tyson is Professor at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley, and former Chair of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. The German psychologist Ulman Lindenberger is Director of ...
Zürich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation's Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Auma Obama as a new member. Auma Obama works as a Global Technical Advisor for the aid organisation "CARE International" and - like the Jacobs Foundation - actively promotes educational and development opportunities for young people. The Jacobs Foundation, with its registered office in ...