Falling Walls Finalists 2025
Congratulations to all 2025 Finalists!
Following the second round of the selection process, we are pleased to announce this year’s Finalists and Winners, who are all now one step closer to winning the title Science Breakthrough of the Year. We will be celebrating all Finalists and Winners at the Falling Walls Science Summit from 6–9 November 2025 in Berlin.
Next steps:
- Finalists in the following five categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Social Sciences & Humanities, and Art & Science will be officially announced on 14 August. The Juries and Advisory Boards will then evaluate the submissions of all Finalists based on the selection criteria and choose the Science Breakthroughs of the Year. These will be announced on 23 September.
- The Science Breakthrough of the Year for the Engage and Venture categories will be revealed on 6 November during the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin.
- The Winners of the Women's Impact Award will be announced on 31 July via the Falling Walls newsletter and social media channels.
- The Science Breakthroughs of the Year from all categories will be invited to present their groundbreaking work live on stage in Berlin on 9 November.
We are eager to share their inspiring stories of breakthrough research with you.
Finalists will be announced on 14 August.
Finalists will be announced on 14 August.
Finalists will be announced on 14 August.
Finalists will be announced on 14 August.
Finalists will be announced on 14 August.
Eunice Adewusi, RW, Project Ayika
Grace James, NG, GreenQuest
Jessamyn Fairfield, IE, We Built This City on Rock and Coal
Jesse Hildebrand, CA, EBTSOYP Broadcasts
Kalina Marcela Fonseca Largo, EC, Open Science in Water
Karen Verstraelen, BE, Amai!
Liza Wohlfart, DE, FRANCIS
Lovro Koncar-Gamulin, AT, City Layers
Nondas Ferreira da Silva, BR, Seeds of Change
Pooja Manandhar, NP, BioSmart Women Nepal
Provides Ng, HK; Bum Suk Ko, VN; Baha Odaibat, JO, Urban Mining 2.0
Sidney-Max Etienne, HT, Grown in Haiti
Simone Montano, IT, Map the Giants
Sylvester Weekes, SL, Operation 232
Thomas Soares Mullen, PT, Science on the Walls
Allogenetics, Germany
Belfort, Belgium
BioThrust, Germany
BTRY, Switzerland
Ceal Minerals, Israel
Collimate Health, Germany
DermR Health, Australia
eleQtron, Germany
FluoRok, United Kingdom
Hera Biotech, United States of America
Lumai, United Kingdom
Mallia Therapeutics, Germany
Matnex, United Kingdom
Nat4Bio, Argentina
Neggst Foods, Germany
NurExone Biologic, Israel
o11 biomedical, Germany
Phlair, Germany
Pulsetrain, Germany
re.solution, Germany
Roofline, Germany
Scarlet Therapeutics, United Kingdom
SOLVE Chemistry, United Kingdom
TURN2X, Germany
Unbound Potential, Switzerland
Ângela Gonçalves, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
Cally Tann, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Claudia Barth, Division for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Norway
Colette Wabnitz, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, and the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, USA/Canada
Diana Koester, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Gabriela Ghisi, KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Canada
Omneya Attallah, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Egypt
Vivian Feig, Stanford University, USA
Ninadini Sharma, California Institute of Technology, USA
Sarah Bellows-Blakely, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
