Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize 2012

The prize in honour of the Jacobs Foundation’s late founder Klaus J. Jacobs is awarded annually in the first week of December in Zurich, Switzerland. The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize awards outstanding scientific contributions of individuals from all disciplines aiming at the improvement of young people’s development and perspectives worldwide. The prize is endowed with

1 Mio. Swiss Francs

, of which 900’000 Swiss Francs are for use in a research project, 100’000 Swiss Francs are for related costs, such as travel, networking, and dissemination.

The prize addresses scholars from all countries who have achieved major breakthroughs in understanding and contributing to child and youth development and at the same time have the potential to advance the field by actively conducting research.

An international jury will choose the laureate from the pool of nominated candidates. The following individuals currently form the jury:

Professor Albert Bandura, Stanford University, USA
Professor Monique Boekaerts, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Professor Thomas W. Boyce, University of British Columbia, Canada
Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University, USA
Professor Meinrad Paul Perrez, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Professor Anne C. Petersen, University of Michigan, USA
Professor Rainer K. Silbereisen, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Professor William Julius Wilson, Harvard University, USA

Your support in the nomination process would be very much appreciated. Please have your nomination submitted by 15 March 2012 at the latest. Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. To find out more about the Research Prize, please also visit our website: http://award.jacobsfoundation.org/