Falling Walls Lab New York Invites Talented Researchers & Professionals to Showcase Innovative Ideas

NEW YORK - April 19, 2016 - PRLog -- Throughout 2016, international Falling Walls Labs will take place all over the world. Who is eligible to compete? Bachelor's and master's students, postdocs, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and junior professors whose most recent university degrees do not date back more than five years. Ground-breaking research projects, initiatives, ideas, and business models from all disciplines are welcomed.

The winner of every international Falling Walls Lab will be awarded a slot for the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin on November 8, 2016, and an A.T. Kearney Scholarship for the Falling Walls Conference on November 9, 2016. In total, 100 applicants will qualify for the Finale in Berlin. Each finalist will receive the opportunity to present his/her research, idea, initiative, or business model within three minutes in front of a high-caliber jury from academia, research, and business. The three winners will receive a cash prize and give their talks again on the grand stage of the Falling Walls Conference before 800 guests the next day.

The aim of the Falling Walls Lab is to foster scientific and entrepreneurial innovations and to promote exchange between outstanding scholars and professionals emerging from different fields of expertise.

The Falling Walls Lab New York will take place on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at 6 p.m. at the German House (871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, 10017, USA). Applications can be submitted online until Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The Falling Walls Lab New York is hosted by the German Center for Research and Innovation (http://www.germaninnovation.org/) (GCRI) New York and supported by the Falling Walls Foundation and A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm (Founding Partner) and Festo, worldwide supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation technology (Global Partner).

For further information and access to the online application form, please visit: www.falling-walls.com/lab

Contact
Julia John-Scheder
Program Officer
German Center for Research and Innovation
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA
Email: events@germaninnovation.org
Phone: 1.212.339.8680 X303
www.germaninnovation.org

Falling Walls Lab
Falling Walls Foundation
Chausseestrasse 8E
10115 Berlin, Germany
Email: lab@falling-walls.com
Phone: + 49 30 609 88 39 71
www.falling-walls.com

About the Falling Walls Foundation

The Falling Walls Foundation is a non-profit organization that fosters discussion on research and innovation and promotes the latest scientific findings among a broad audience from all parts of society. It organizes the Falling Walls Conference, an annual global gathering of forward-thinking individuals from over 75 countries. Each year on November 9^th, twenty of the world's leading scientists present their current breakthrough research in 15 minutes each. The Falling Walls Foundation is supported by the German Ministry for Education and Research, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Helmholtz Association, and numerous other acclaimed academic institutions, foundations, and companies. More information at: www.falling-walls.com

About the German Center for Research and Innovation

The German Center for Research and Innovation provides information and support for the realization of cooperative and collaborative projects between North America and Germany. With the goal of enhancing communication on the critical challenges of the 21^st century, GCRI hosts a wide range of events from lectures and exhibitions to workshops and science dinners. Opened in February 2010, GCRI was created as a cornerstone of the German government's initiative to internationalize science and research and is one of six centers worldwide. To learn more about the GCRI, visit: www.germaninnovation.org