Falling Walls Lab is an international pitch competition that offers students and young professionals from all disciplines a stage for groundbreaking ideas. In just three minutes, the participants present their innovative research projects to an interdisciplinary audience. Thanks to an initiative by Austrian Cooperative Research, Complexity Science Hub, Fraunhofer Austria, Christian Doppler Research Society, Ludwig Boltzmann Society, Austrian University of Applied Sciences Conference and xista innovation GmbH, this inspiring format is now coming to Vienna on 10 September. Lab Vienna is also supported by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency and the Austrian Institute of Technology.

Who can apply?

The Falling Walls Lab is aimed at young scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators from various disciplines who wish to present their research activities, business models or projects. Specifically, people who are currently enrolled at a university and/or have a doctorate, whose Bachelor’s degree was awarded no more than 10 years ago, whose Master’s degree was awarded no more than 7 years ago or whose doctorate was awarded no more than 5 years ago can apply.

Apply until 27 June 2025!

The people who take part in the event on 10 September will receive professional pitch training via our LBG Career Center. You will also get tips from Julia Guthrie, Principal Investigator at LBI NetMed and finalist at Falling Walls 2019 with her pitch Breaking the Wall of Science and Fiction: