17 December 2020 by: Michelle Donahue With a $2 million matching gift to support fellows on Capitol Hill, Joan and Irwin Jacobs seek to boost lawmakers’ access to scientific knowledge. | Courtesy of Joan and Irwin Jacobs With a $2 million matching gift to support fellows on Capitol Hill, Joan and Irwin Jacobs seek to boost lawmakers’ access to scientific knowledge. | Courtesy of Joan and Irwin Jacobs Joan and Irwin Jacobs know the importance of a helping hand and they want to pay it forward with a new challenge grant to AAAS. The couple will match up to $2 million in contributions to fund the creation of an endowment to support two new AAAS Congressional Science & Engineering Fellows positions on Capitol Hill. It is the largest challenge gift in the history of the organization.