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Competitions to Identify the Most Brilliant Minds

The Falling Walls Foundation discovers promising students and early-career professionals, visionary sciencepreneurs, international science engagers and outstanding female science leaders. Throughout the year, participants in the specialised tracks compete to be part of skill-building workshops or to share their brilliant ideas on the prestigious Falling Walls Science Summit stage.

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Falling Walls Lab

Throughout the year, 100 Labs take place all over the world. The winners are invited to pitch their breakthrough ideas at the Science Summit

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Falling Walls Venture

The international competition at Falling Walls Science Summit for outstanding science-based start-ups nominated by academic institutions.

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Falling Walls Engage

Falling Walls Engage is a global hub for Science Engagement hosted by the Falling Walls Foundation and supported by Hannover Re Foundation.

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Female Science Talents

Meet our Role Models! Female Science Talents offers programs to support women in science and early-career talents striving for leadership.

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Find out about our different formats and possibilities to support Science with the Falling Walls Foundation as a partner.

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