UC Irvine Awarded $11 Million Grant to Improve Digital Technologies for Children

Students walk through the University of California–Irvine campus in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

IRVINE, Calif.—University of California—Irvine (UCI) announced on Sept. 7 a five-year, nearly $11 million grant from the Zurich-based Jacobs Foundation for the creation of a collaborative network to help tailor digital technologies for children.

The network, to be called Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem (CERES), will bring together global leaders in computer science, psychology, neuroscience, education, and educational technology.