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Developmental psychologist at Leuphana with an eye on ManyPrimates (
@manyprimates.bsky.social
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Dorsa Amir
2 months ago
What does it mean for culture to “shape” cognition? In our new TiCS paper,
@benjaminpitt.bsky.social
& I offer a typology of four possible effects: culture can Privilege one cognitive process over others, Prune out disfavored ones, Produce new ones, or have no effect.
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Chris Krupenye
15 days ago
Job Alert 🚨 - please share! My brilliant friend and collaborator, Fumihiro Kano, is launching a new Ecological & Collective Cognition lab at Kyushu University, and has postdoc, grad, and tech openings! Lab video:
youtu.be/rXT-yjQzJxU
More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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YouTube video by 狩野文浩
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Andrew Lampinen
15 days ago
Can language models use subtext in their communication? Can they use common ground to incorporate subtext more effectively? In our new preprint, we study these questions across various domains — from visual communication to story writing games.
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Julian Schmitz
16 days ago
Wir suchen Verstärkung für unser wissenschaftliches Team im Bereich Forschung zur psychischen Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen! 5 Jahre, 75% TV-L E 13 ab 1.8.2026 an der Universität Leipzig.
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Wissenschaftliche/-r Mitarbeiter/-in (m/w/d/x)
https://uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/85f0750ad19ae01f365c31a5699e6f3f9c92c4b00
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Magnus Johansson
20 days ago
I've made an R package for Bayesian Rasch
#psychometrics
with brms models, easyRaschBayes (on CRAN), implementing simple functions to create figures and tables with model fit metrics, etc. Attaching figures from conditional item infit, item-restscore with GK gamma, and the log-likelihood criterion.
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Alex Sanchez-Amaro
22 days ago
Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07191-6
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Mike Frank
23 days ago
Just wrote a new blogpost trying to summarize my thoughts on the question of how and whether to use AI for research in psychology and cognitive science:
babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/usin...
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Using AI to improve (not automate away) academic research
Blog about fatherhood, langauge, developmental psychology, and cognitive science.
https://babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/using-ai-to-improve-not-automate-away.html
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Rebecca Sear
25 days ago
“we found substantial positive correlations between nonsocial tasks. In contrast, tasks measuring social cognition were not correlated either with each other or with nonsocial measures”
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New 🦍 💭 paper in
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We continue to ask simple questions that are hard to answer "Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability" Bonus: Rasch models in the supplement 🤓
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Alba Motes Rodrigo
27 days ago
Thank you so much tor inviting me to represent
@manyprimates.bsky.social
at
#ehbea2026
. A bit intimidating but very enjoyable to give my first talk as network co-coordinator.
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What are children's *naturalistic* everyday experiences like? Nele's paper presents a crucial resource (100+h of 🎥 w/ annotations) that will help us to build the tools we need to study what it's like to be a child in the wild. 🙏to
@jacobsfoundation.bsky.social
@maxplanck.de
@dfg.de
for funding!
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Camille Troisi
28 days ago
📢Fully-funded
#PhD
opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at
@ceec-research.bsky.social
📆29th May deadline More info:
tinyurl.com/yz28s96x
Apply:
tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y
#cognition
#socialbehaviour
#fieldwork
#birds
🙏Please Share
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Nele-Pauline Suffo
28 days ago
I am excited to share my first publication in Behavior Research Methods! 🚀 We’ve released ChildLens: 109 hours of open-access, annotated egocentric video/audio from children (ages 3–5). Paper:
rdcu.be/fdfAI
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ChildLens: An egocentric video dataset for activity analysis in children
https://rdcu.be/fdfAI
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Evolutionary Cognition Group
about 1 month ago
We are offering two 4-year PhD positions in our new SNF project "The Evolutionary Roots of Altercentrism"
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Limor Raviv 🐘🤗🦒🍄🦄
about 1 month ago
I'm hiring! 📢 Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Language Evolution using Communication Games at
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
. Come work with me on how different social pressures shape the evolution of new communication systems in the lab! Deadline for application is May 18th!
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Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Language Evolution using Communication Games | Max Planck Institute
https://share.google/fGTKbFS4v4Gb8vvaz
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Ammie Kalan
about 2 months ago
It took 3 years to complete this paper and it was difficult(!) but I think both
@ctennie.bsky.social
and I are grateful for the varied perspectives we gained as a result of this collaboration. If you work on ape culture, hopefully you'll feel the same
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Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars - Volume 8
https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2026.10039
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BOLD
about 2 months ago
“Everyday experiences – playing with friends, eating a meal, reading a book, spending time alone – have an impact on development.”
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
explains how different experiences foster learning in different cultural contexts.
#ChildDevelopment
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How do children learn through everyday experiences?
Different experiences foster learning in different cultural contexts
https://boldscience.org/how-do-children-learn-through-everyday-experiences/
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Federico Rossano
about 2 months ago
New paper alert with Stephan Kaufhold, Mia Borzello and David Kirsh! How well does cognition studied in the lab reflect cognition in the real world? Much of what we think we know about cognition rests on methodological assumptions that have become so established that they often go unexamined.
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micha heilbron
2 months ago
📢 PhD position in Developmental Language Modelling (PLZ RT) What can human language acquisition teach us about training language models? Join us as a PhD!
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-developmental-language
@carorowland.bsky.social
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
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Abdellah Fourtassi
2 months ago
Open PhD/Postdoc position (start: Oct 2026). Topic: AI/LLMs and child language/communicative/cognitive development. The exact project will be shaped with the candidate. Join our team
@univ-amu.fr
at the intersection of computer and cognitive science (& right next to the Calanques!). Send me your CV!
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Jenny Tung
2 months ago
Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11.
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...
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Professorship in population genetics in the field of evolutionary anthropology and medicine (W2)
Faculties & Facilities
https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetail/artikel/professur-fuer-populationsgenetik-im-bereich-evolutionaere-anthropologie-und-medizin-w2-2026-01-26
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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI
2 months ago
📣📣📣 Applications for the 2026 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!! Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply! More info:
disi.org
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DGPs FG Entwicklungspsychologie
3 months ago
Lunch Lectures Entwicklungspsychologie! 📅 10.03.2026 ⏰ 12:00 Uhr via Zoom Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von Prof. Louisa Kulke (Universiät Bremen;
@loukulke.bsky.social
) zum Thema: Social development – Insights from infants, robots and videochats Details:
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DGPs FG Entwicklungspsychologie
3 months ago
🎓 Die Fachgruppe Entwicklungspsychologie (DGPs) vergibt derzeit bis zu 4 MiniGrants à 1.500 € zur Förderung von Vernetzung und Laborbesuchen in frühen Karrierephasen. Die Grants ermöglichen Einblicke in neue Arbeitsgruppen, Methoden und Forschungsprozesse durch Aufenthalte.
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Olivier Morin
3 months ago
CALL: a PhD grant (3 years) to do a PhD with me at
@cognitionens.bsky.social
on the evolution of graphic codes.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/410213
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PhD student grant (3 years) on the evolution of written communication
My team recruits a PhD student to work under the supervision of Olivier Morin on the evolution of written communication, within a project jointly led by Olivier Morin, Hugo Mercier, and Marc Allassonn...
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/410213
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Comparative Cognition Society
3 months ago
#Postdoc
#Job
opportunity in
#AnimalBehaviour
with Jorg Massen at
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
. Check out the position here:
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Postdoc Position in Animal Behaviour
Does intergroup conflict shape intragroup (parochial) prosociality in primates? If so, what behavioural, neuroendocrine, and (epi)genetic mechanisms drive it.
https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/postdoc-position-in-animal-behaviour
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
3 months ago
Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation Opinion by Manuel Bohn (
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
) & Marisa Casillas
tinyurl.com/48pdbv5b
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Jérôme Micheletta
3 months ago
We are recruiting a Lecturer in Psychology:
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
and a Teaching Fellow:
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
. Come and join the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology 🐶🐵🐴🐘🕷️🧒
www.port.ac.uk/research/res...
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Julia M. Rohrer
3 months ago
New preprint 🥳 The city of Leipzig conducts large-scale surveys of adolescents. In 2023, the gender gap in life satisfaction has significantly widened, with girls declining more steeply than boys. What's up with that?> (work with
@rmcelreath.bsky.social
and
@gregork.bsky.social
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
3 months ago
A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of
#science
. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026.
www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...
#lisemeitnergroups
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Cedric Boeckx
3 months ago
A universal of human social cognition: Children from 17 communities process gaze in similar ways Really nice comparative work led by
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
&
@dbmhaun.bsky.social
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A universal of human social cognition: Children from 17 communities process gaze in similar ways
Abstract. Theoretical accounts typically assume that key features of human socio-cognitive development are universal. This paper reports a large-scale cros
https://academic.oup.com/chidev/advance-article/doi/10.1093/chidev/aacaf017/8439672
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This study was an amazing collaborative experience. I'm really really grateful to all the wonderful people who contributed and made this happen. It's the closest I have ever come to finding something like a "universal" in human cognition.
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Katie McAuliffe
3 months ago
Very excited that this paper is out!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Led by the fabulous
@dorsaamir.bsky.social
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The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies
Children’s cooperative behaviors and norms develop along distinct cultural pathways shaped by local norms.
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adw9995?af=R
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Julia Haaf
3 months ago
If you are a PhD student in cognitive science, psychology or linguistics, come visit us in Potsdam! We have short fellowships available for this year (deadline is in two weeks). Shoot me an email if you are interested. Here is the call:
linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...
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LINGUIST List 36.3850 Internships: Cognitive Science, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics: 3- to 4-month Fellowships at the University of Potsdam, CRC1287 L...
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3850/
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Greg Woodin
3 months ago
Our paper (w/
@bodowinter.bsky.social
and
@mperlman.bsky.social
) is finally out, officially 🥳. In it, we set ourselves the lofty goal of defining iconicity, focusing on its subjectivity, context-dependence, and gradability. Let us know if you agree with our definition? 🤔
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Mike Frank
3 months ago
This July, we are holding a virtual hackathon to explore LEVANTE data! If you're interested in data analysis, development, and cross-cultural variability, please join us! First week is open, second week is by application with mentorship on group projects.
levante-hackathon-2026.github.io
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
3 months ago
Online Now: Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation
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Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation
Language learning is a multi-threaded, multi-mechanism process. It is multi-threaded in that it emerges as a byproduct of addressing multiple goals while engaging in social interactions. It is multi-mechanism in that children integrate multiple information sources to infer what is meant and what to say next. These information sources include contextual and social cues, as well as cognitive mechanisms. Focusing on early word learning, this article reviews information sources, how children might sensitively adapt to them, and how we can model their integration using Bayesian inference over multiple probability distributions. We argue that, to advance our understanding of language learning, we must jointly study how children learn from multiple information sources across diverse developmental settings.
http://dlvr.it/TQff4N
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Sophie Milward
3 months ago
Our new paper on overcoming the ‘dyadic default’ is out now in Child Development Perspectives!
@patkanngiesser.bsky.social
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Overcoming the dyadic default in research on child development
Abstract. Researchers conducting experimental work on sociocognitive development in childhood typically study one-on-one interactions. This approach aligns
https://academic.oup.com/cdpers/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cdpers/aadaf015/8443399
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Andrea Sommese
3 months ago
After years of working with Gifted dogs, this paper marks the end of that chapter for me 🐕 We compared gifted and typical dogs and found that what sets gifted dogs apart may not be curiosity, but their social motivation Grateful to the dogs and their humans 💙
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Toy exploration in gifted word learner dogs and typical dogs - Animal Cognition
Labelling has a pronounced effect on increasing infants’ attention to objects. At the same time, infants actively seek social cues when presented with novel objects and early signs of communicative in...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-026-02047-3
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New Paper out in
@cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
! Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation Marisa Casillas and I argue that language learning: 👪 is a by-product of social interaction ↘️ integrates a wealth of information sources 🌐 adapts to the cultural context
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation
Language learning is a multi-threaded, multi-mechanism process. It is multi-threaded in that it emerges as a byproduct of addressing multiple goals while engaging in social interactions. It is multi-m...
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00354-7
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Bria Long
3 months ago
The Visual Learning Lab is hiring TWO lab coordinators! Both positions are ideal for someone looking for research experience before applying to graduate school. Application deadline is Feb 10th (approaching fast!)—with flexible summer start dates.
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EvolDir
5 months ago
Stockholm University's Department of Zoology seeks an Associate Professor in Animal Ecology and Evolution. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026. More info:
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:883922/where:4/
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Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:883922/where:4/
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Mike Frank
5 months ago
Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Lilian Weber
5 months ago
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group
@uniosnabrueck.bsky.social
. If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
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David Barner
5 months ago
A common problem w/ studies testing non-WEIRD groups is they compare multiple groups using the same WEIRD measure. How can we compare groups w/ apples-apples measures w/o distorting cross-cultural differences? We explore this in this new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Development of Morality and Conventionality Across Cultures: Implementing a Two‐Stage Model for Cross‐Cultural Research
Establishing a shared sense of right and wrong is an essential milestone for human cooperation, raising the question of whether a universal set of moral intuitions exists. However, tests of universa.....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/desc.70103
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Garvin Brod
5 months ago
Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development? We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with
@orbenamy.bsky.social
and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
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IWM Tübingen
Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
https://iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jobs/1023-2025
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Rebecca Zhu
5 months ago
Now in press at Topics in Cognitive Science! We review children's understanding of different kinds of visual media across contexts, and argue that this work has important implications for childhood learning and assessment tools
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Tobias Gerstenberg
5 months ago
Excited that this is now out in
@nathumbehav.nature.com
🎉 David Rose (
davdrose.github.io
) led this project on how children's understanding of causal language develops. 📃 (preprint):
osf.io/preprints/ps...
📎:
github.com/davdrose/cau...
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Jacobs Foundation
6 months ago
📢 Applications are open for the 2026
#JacobsCIFARFellowship
! A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide. 🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 →
cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
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