Who can apply?

APPLICANTS MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER WHEN SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION. THEY MUST FULFIL AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently enrolled in university / currently a postdoc
• Awarded a Bachelor’s degree no more than 10 years ago
• Awarded a Master’s degree no more than 7 years ago
• Awarded a PhD no more than 5 years ago

PLEASE NOTE:

• Applications must be submitted in English
• Submitting multiple applications is not permitted
• Travel & accommodation expenses for attending the global Falling Walls Lab finale in Berlin will be covered
• Presenting at a Falling Walls Lab is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Past participants are no longer eligible to apply for a Lab
   

Lab winners

INTERNATIONAL LAB WINNERS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO BERLIN, GERMANY from 7 to 10 November 2024 AND

• Compete in the Falling Walls Lab finale to become one of three Breakthrough Winners in the Emerging Talents category of Falling Walls. Emerging Talents Breakthrough Winners receive a cash prize and the opportunity to pitch their idea on the Falling Walls Breakthroughs of the Year stage, which, throughout the day, hosts leading experts, changemakers, and luminaries, including Nobel laureates and Leibniz Prize winners.
• Participate in an exclusive extended programme
  Past programme points:
  Professional pitch coaching session
  Tour of German research institutes
  Dinner hosted by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  Springer Nature Hangout on Science Publishing
• Attend the prestigious Falling Walls Science Summit
• Network with winners and Falling Walls Science Summit participants
• Increase their project‘s global reach and visibility with a pitch video in the Falling Walls Content Library
• Join the global Falling Walls community platform Falling Walls Connect