Falling Walls Lab Singapore 2025 [PRE-REGISTER]

Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition that brings together a diverse and interdiciplinary pool of students and early-career professionals by providing a stage for their breakthrough ideas both globally and locally.

Each year, renowned academic institutions around the world organise their own Falling Walls Labs to showcase the quality, diversity, and passion of their region’s most innovative minds. In three minutes each, participants try to convince a high-calibre jury of their solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

The breakthrough factor and potential impact of the presented work help determine the winner, who qualifies for the global finale in Berlin on 7 November and wins a ticket to attend the Falling Walls Science Summit, where they get to interact with the world’s movers and shakers of science, business, and policymaking.

During their multi-day stay in Berlin, the international Lab winners take part in a broad extended programme that includes a coaching session, expert workshops on a broad range of topics such as career development, entrepreneurial skills, and academic publishing, a tour of local academic institutions and events hosted by our partners, including the German Research Foundation, Springer Nature and various embassies.

At the global finale, the international Lab winners compete to become the Breakthrough Winner in the Emerging Talents category of Falling Walls Science Summit. They take home the title and prize money, and receive the opportunity to pitch their idea once again two days later on the Falling Walls Breakthroughs of the Year stage, with leading experts, changemakers, and luminaries, including Nobel laureates and Leibniz Prize winners.

For more information, please visit www.falling-walls.com/lab.

Eligibility Criteria

Age: You must be 18 years or older when submitting your application. There is no upper age limit for applicants.

Education: You must fulfil at least one of the following formal requirements:

• You are currently enrolled in university and/or are currently a postdoc

• You received a Bachelor’s degree no more than 10 years ago

• You received a Master’s degree no more than 7 years ago

• You received a PhD no more than 5 years ago

*An MD (medical degree excl. a doctoral dissertation) is deemed equivalent to a Master’s degree. A Dr. med. (medical degree incl. a doctoral dissertation) is deemed equivalent to a PhD.

The global diversity of academic degrees is acknowledged.

No prior Falling Walls Lab experience: Participating in a Falling Walls Lab is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As such, once you take part in an international Lab, you are no longer eligible to apply for a future Lab. If this is the case, we recommend you consider taking part in a different Falling Walls format, such as Falling Walls Venture (for start-ups) or Falling Walls Engage (for science engagement projects).

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