2025 Impact Report
Explore the ideas and impact of Project Zero from fiscal year 2025.
Putting powerful ideas and evidence-based research into practice for learners everywhere.
During the 2025 fiscal year (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025), Project Zero marked year 58 of its existence—an unprecedented span for a Harvard University research center that is entirely reliant on grant funding.
With 40 researchers under the direction of 14 principal investigators, PZ continues to be a vibrant hub for design-based, collaborative, and translational research focused on timely themes: intercultural learning in virtual spaces, digital thriving, human-centered approaches to AI, “places” for learning and well-being, ethics in higher education, and much more.
Take a look at our impact, by the numbers.
25 PROJECTS.
88 PUBLICATIONS.
70+ PRESENTATIONS.
From digital thriving to designing learning spaces, PZers led 25 research projects. We added 88 articles, blogs, books, podcasts, videos, and more to our resource library. And, whether in person or by Zoom, our researchers spoke with thousands of educators and leaders at schools, universities, conferences, and more.
If we want children to succeed in the classroom and have greater opportunities in life, we must teach them to think. I’m grateful to Project Zero for providing practical tools to support this important work, as well as the opportunity to engage in an online course with experts and fellow educators.
Thank You to Our Funders
Since our founding in 1967, Project Zero has been fortunate to receive funding from many organizations and individuals. We thank this generous group for their research-changing support!