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Pitch Your Idea at Falling Walls Lab in Boston, September 26

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Northeastern University, the German Consulate in Boston and the German Center for Research and Innovation in New York are delighted to host Falling Walls Lab Boston on September 26, 2019, at 6 p.m.

Falling Walls Lab is a platform for excellent academics, entrepreneurs and professionals from all disciplines who would like to present their research work, business model, innovative project or transformative idea in front of their peers and a distinguished jury from academia and business.

The call for applications is now open. Bachelor and master students, postdocs, young professionals, entrepreneurs and faculty members are invited to apply. Falling Walls Lab Boston offers an opportunity to pitch ground-breaking ideas and win a trip to Germany. If you are the finalist in Boston, you will be awarded the chance to represent your institution at the Falling Walls Conference in Berlin on November 8, 2019, present your ideas and compete for additional cash and research prizes.

The Falling Walls Lab Boston will take place on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 6 p.m. at Northeastern University’s Boston campus. Applications can be submitted online until August 15. For more information go to: https://www.falling-walls.com/lab.

To help spread the news of the Falling Walls Lab Boston, we would greatly appreciate it if you could forward our call for applications to emerging researchers and professionals within your institution’s network.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact CSSHDean@northeastern.edu, info@bost.diplo.de or the Falling Walls Foundation (lab@falling-walls.com).

 

German Center for Innovation and Research Pitch Contest in New York

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Have a business idea? Pitch it at the “Falling Walls Lab” in New York on May 2nd and enter to win a trip to the finale in Berlin, Germany!

Participate – Present your research project, business plan or social initiative – in just 3 minutes on 3 slides – to a jury.  Get involved in exciting discussions and network with fellow innovators and experts from different disciplines.

Win – The winner of this pitch contest will get to:

  • travel to Berlin, Germany (travel & accommodation covered)
  • pitch their idea in the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin on 8 November 2019
  • attend the Falling Walls Conference on 9 November 2019, where leaders from science, industry, and policy-making meet and discuss which walls will fall next in science and society
  • participate in a Springer Nature event on science publishing and a science excursion.

The finale winner gets to speak once more on the grand stage of the Falling Walls Conference, receives a cash prize, and the opportunity to win a six month Virtual Residency with Nature Careers of the global publisher Springer Nature.

About Falling Walls

The Falling Walls Lab New York is one of over 50 labs taking place worldwide this year. The winners of each lab qualify for the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin on November 8 and are invited to attend the Falling Walls Conference on November 9. The Falling Walls Conference takes place every year on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9. During the conference, scientists from around the globe present their current breakthrough research.