Blog | 03 September 2025 Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development Ensuring that children around the world can flourish is one of the most important goals of our time. Developmental science has made major strides in understanding how children grow, learn, and thrive – but there’s still much we don’t know. First, the field has traditionally focused on average effects [1, 2], often overlooking the rich […] Read more about Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development Read more about Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development
Blog | 27 October 2025 Speaking Every Child’s Language: Ensuring authentic translation of LEVANTE tasks across countries A global research framework is only as good as its translation. Authentically translating the text and audio needed for our tasks into different languages remains one of the ongoing challenges in LEVANTE. Although it might seem straightforward—particularly with the rise of AI translation tools—it is in fact far more nuanced than it appears. Every translation […] Read more about Speaking Every Child’s Language: Ensuring authentic translation of LEVANTE tasks across countries Read more about Speaking Every Child’s Language: Ensuring authentic translation of LEVANTE tasks across countries
Blog | 03 September 2025 Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development Ensuring that children around the world can flourish is one of the most important goals of our time. Developmental science has made major strides in understanding how children grow, learn, and thrive – but there’s still much we don’t know. First, the field has traditionally focused on average effects [1, 2], often overlooking the rich […] Read more about Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development Read more about Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development
News | 27 June 2025 LEVANTE opens second Call for Proposals The Jacobs Foundation has launched the 2025 Call for Proposals for the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE), offering up to USD 5 million in funding to research learning variability and its impact at the individual, group, and contextual levels. The Jacobs Foundation is excited to announce the 2025 Call for Proposals for its flagship initiative, […] Read more about LEVANTE opens second Call for Proposals Read more about LEVANTE opens second Call for Proposals
News | 19 June 2025 2025 Call for Applications: Support for Internationalisation Planned targeted support for proposals from Global South. LEVANTE is launching a new call for proposals, with the aim of continuing to build a truly inclusive and globally representative network. To support this, the selection panel will give special consideration to proposals that involve data collection or studies focused on underrepresented populations or regions—particularly in […] Read more about 2025 Call for Applications: Support for Internationalisation Read more about 2025 Call for Applications: Support for Internationalisation
News | 12 August 2024 LEVANTE opens first call for proposals The Jacobs Foundation has launched the call for proposals for The Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE), offering up to CHF 4 million in funding to research learning variability and its impact at the individual, group, and contextual levels. The Jacobs Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 Call for Proposals for its latest flagship initiative, […] Read more about LEVANTE opens first call for proposals Read more about LEVANTE opens first call for proposals
News | 13 June 2024 Pilot data collection begins in Colombia This May, LEVANTE launched its inaugural data collection in Colombia with the first pilot site testing at schools in Bogotá. Under the direction of Julián Mariño at the Universidad de los Andes, school-aged children successfully began accessing the online assessment battery developed specifically for LEVANTE. This core set of evaluation tools examines academic skills including […] Read more about Pilot data collection begins in Colombia Read more about Pilot data collection begins in Colombia