Falling Walls Competition - Request for Proposal

Are you working on an original, creative and innovative project?

The JLM-Impact Consortium invites you to compete at the Israeli Chapter of Falling Walls Lab competition!

The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for the next generation of outstanding innovators and creative thinkers. Its aim is to promote exceptional ideas and to connect promising scientists and entrepreneurs from all fields on a global level. Participants get the opportunity to present their research work, business model, or initiative to peers, a high-caliber jury made up of experts from academia and business, and the general public - in a 3-minute presentation.

The competition takes place in more than 90 locations world-wide and the winners of each local lab will be invited to present and compete at the online final event as part of the Remote Falling Walls International Conference on November 4-9, 2020. Read more about what the winner can expect here.

This year, the Israeli lab will be hosted by the JLM-Impact consortium - led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and Azrieli College of Engineering.

Falling Walls Lab Israel Date: September 15th, 10 am

The event will be held online.

The winner of the Lab will receive:

  • The opportunity to present and compete at the Falling Walls Remote Conference

  • 10,000 ILS

  • A professional pitch video that will be shown at Falling Walls Remote 2020 and shared on Falling Walls social media outlets.

  • A one-on-one storytelling workshop that will help prepare you for your pitch

  • JLM Impact will supply professional financial, legal and business consultations

  • All finalists can be automatically entered into the AtoBe 7th Cohort's final selection committee


In order to apply, you are required to meet one or more of the following criteria:

You have a Bachelor’s degree that does not date back more than 10 years

  • You have a Master’s degree, that does not date back more than 7 years

  • You have a PhD that does not date back more than 5 years

  • You are currently enrolled in university as a student or Postdoc


For more info and the application form (Application deadline: August 15th, 2020)

Contact us - fallingwalls@innovate.huji.ac.il