Call open: Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs

10 April 2025

Photo: Falling Walls Foundation

The Falling Walls Science Summit is one of the world’s premier interdisciplinary conferences, celebrating science breakthroughs that make an impact. Every year, the Falling Walls Foundation launches one of the largest world-wide searches for the most outstanding breakthroughs of the year across all the sciences, known as the Falling Walls Global Call.

For the Global Call this year, the foundation again invites leading actors in science and academia to nominate the latest breakthrough science projects in 8 different categories to be named the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year. The Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year laureates will present their groundbreaking research at the Falling Walls Science Summit on 9 November 2025 in Berlin.

You can nominate outstanding research or apply with your own project in the following categories:

• Life Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering & Technology
• Social Sciences & Humanities
• Art & Science
• Women’s* Impact Award (Female Science Talents)
• Science Engagement (Falling Walls Engage)
• Science Start-ups (Falling Walls Venture)

Details on how to nominate and/or apply yourself can be found on the Falling Walls website.