Impact Funding Resources
The Jacobs Foundation is excited to announce the 2025 Call for Proposals for its flagship initiative, the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE). This global project aims to discover how individual differences, group dynamics, and contextual factors influence children’s learning and development across various cultures and environments.
End Date19 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 1mn Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderLEVANTE (Jacobs Foundation)
Research Grant
LEVANTE (Jacobs Foundation)
LEVANTE Focus
• Embracing and understanding variability in learning across the three dimensions described in the Jacobs Foundation Research Agenda: within-subject, within-group, and contextual variability.
• Focus on typically developing children within the age range 2-12 (i.e., compulsory primary school years). However, because selecting measures for young children ages 2 – 5 carries a number of special challenges, the second RfP for LEVANTE focuses on children ages 5 –12. LEVANTE measures for children ages 2-5 are currently in a pilot phase for next year and will not be ready for use for another 18 months. If your population includes this age range, please consider postponing your application until the next cohort or reach out to the LEVANTE team at levante@jacobsfoundation.org for discussion.
• This Request for Proposals places a particular emphasis on internationalisation, and we especially encourage applicants interested in implementing projects using LEVANTE measures in underrepresented regions or countries in the Global South. If you are planning to collect data in the Global South, please click here for more information.
• The available measures address both the general constructs and the specific tasks and measures to be adopted by the LEVANTE framework for children ages 5 – 12. These measures are currently available in English, Spanish, and German. Measures are currently being adapted to French and Dutch.
Selection Criteria and Eligibility
Main applicants should:
• Have obtained a PhD or equivalent degree at least 5 years prior to the application deadline;
• Be employed by and be part of a research lab at an institution of higher education or research institute;
• Be conducting high-quality research in the area of variability of learning and development;
• Be committed to engaging with and contributing to the activities of both LEVANTE and the Jacobs Foundation.
The following selection criteria are considered in the selection process:
• Scientific quality of methods and data
• Publication record and experience on similar collaborative projects
• Feasibility of the proposed project
• Availability of resources and capacity of the lab
• Innovativeness, uniqueness, and value proposition of the proposed project
• Geographic localization of the proposed project and demographic representativeness of the sample
• Conceptual alignment and integration of planned project with the LEVANTE framework
• Collaboration and/or multidisciplinary character of the proposed project
• Inclusion of young scholars in the team
• Inclusion of additional measures with no/limited additional funding request.
