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. “Now more than ever, we need to marshal the brightest minds and best science to support children who are growing up in an increasingly digital and unequal age,” said UCI psychological science professor Candice Odgers, who will head CERES along with Gillian Hayes, UCI’s vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate Division. “We are grateful for the Jacobs Foundation’s many investments in improving the lives of children and for the opportunity to direct this initiative here at UCI,” Odgers said. Digital experiences had become a common part of …