Outstanding Jury for a first-class prize
Committee of experts selects a prizewinner with an excellent scientific track record.
The prizes awarded by the Jacobs Foundation reward excellent scientific and practical achievements that make groundbreaking contributions to the successful development of young people. The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize, which is worth 1 million Swiss francs, honours scientific work with high social relevance for the personality development of adolescents. A further requirement is that scientific findings from interdisciplinary research are implemented actively in practice. Aware of the fact that such requirements also place high demands on the committee itself, the Jacobs Foundation put together a jury consisting exclusively of internationally renowned scientists to choose the winner of the Research Prize.
The second prize, the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Award worth 200,000 Swiss francs, rewards the outstanding efforts of institutions or individuals who practically implement innovative solutions for child and adolescent development. The Board of Trustees itself functions as the jury for the Best Practice Award.
The Jury
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At Stanford University since the 1950s, one of the leading psychologists of our time, developed social cognitive theory. More
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Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan. More
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Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education, Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. More
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Clinical psychology at the University of Fribourg, Vice-President of the Swiss National Science Foundation. More
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Center for the Study of Education and Instruction at the University of Leiden, President of the International Academy of Education. More
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Chair of the Department of Developmental Psychology and Director of the Center for Applied Developmental Science at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, President of the International Union of Psychological Science. More
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Sociologist at Harvard University. More