Falling Walls Lab, a world-class pitch competition and networking forum that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early-career professionals by providing a stage for breakthrough ideas both globally and locally. The multifaceted formats support participants in driving their innovations and develop their communication skills, fostering collaboration and creating a space for the impactful and sustainable community to thrive.
Each year, esteemed academic institutions worldwide organise Falling Walls Lab events, showcasing the quality, diversity, and passion of their region’s most innovative minds. Participants are given three minutes each to present their solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time before peers, a distinguished jury, and the general public. Winners of each international Lab earn a coveted spot in the global finale held in Berlin on 7 November, along with a ticket to attend the prestigious Falling Walls Science Summit, offering unparalleled networking opportunities with leaders in science, business, and policymaking.
Falling Walls Lab Tunisia 2024, hosted by the DAAD Regional office Tunis, in cooperation with MECAM (Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb) and ISEAHT (Tunisian Higher Institute of Applied Studies in the Humanities), is scheduled to take place on 29 May, 2024, at ISEAHT. Applications for participation can be submitted via www.falling-walls.com/lab/
The application deadline is 1st of May, 2024.
We kindly request your assistance in disseminating this call for applications to students and early-career professionals within your network.
Falling Walls Lab is organised by the Falling Walls Foundation and generously funded by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (global finale) and Sartorius (international Labs). It is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and Springer Nature.
For any inquiries or further information, please do not hesitate to contact info@daad.tn or the Falling Walls Lab team in Berlin at lab@falling-walls.com.
