Falling Walls Lab MSCA 2025 is now accepting submissions that showcase the quality, diversity and passion of the most innovative minds participating in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.
What is the Falling Walls Lab MSCA?
The Falling Walls Labs competition is an opportunity for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellows to present their projects and innovative ideas to the scientific communitythrough 3-minute talks. During the talks the speakers explain how their research helps to break down walls in science and society.
Academic and research institutions around the world organise their own competitions at local and regional level under the supervision of Falling Walls Lab. The winners compete at the Finale in Berlin.
When and where is it?
The competition will take place on 18 and 19 September 2025 in Lyngby, Denmark, as part of the MSCA conference organised with the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The competition is co-organised independently by the European Commission and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
What’s in it for you?
It’s an extraordinary opportunity to meet other creative researchers, network with the private sector to support innovative ideas and practice intersectional skills such as communication and outreach.
We invite everyone who has applied to attend a special networking and training session on 11 June 2025, 12.00-15.00 CEST – entitled ‘Becoming pitch perfect: Getting across your message’ delivered in partnership with the European Science Engagement Association and Debatrix.
The 15 selected projects will have access to individual coaching sessions to prepare themselves.
How can you apply?
The deadline for applications is 1 June2025, 12.00 CEST.
To apply, you will need to
- submit your application, follow this link to the page for Falling Walls Lab Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and
- record a short, spontaneous two-minute video in English of you. In this video you explain briefly and in plain words your research topic, innovative project, social initiative, business model or idea and also how your MSCA project supports it. Follow this link to a web form where you can submit your video.
If your application is successful, the European Commission will contact you to arrange your participation. The organisers will cover your main travel and accommodation expenses and meals during the conference.
If you have any questions, please write to EAC-MSCA-COMMUNICATION@ec.europa.eu.
Further information can be found on the MSCA news page.