Call open: Women´s Impact Award

With the Women’s Impact Award, Falling Walls Female Science Talents seek to recognize women in science who are conducting research projects related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are looking for exceptional talents who engage in interdisciplinary, ground-breaking research in their respective fields and contribute to gender equality and diversity in science and academia. The Volkswagen Foundation supports the Award together with the Elsevier Foundation and the Bayer Foundation.

The three shortlisted projects, referred to as the Winners, will be selected by a distinguished Jury and invited to participate in an in-person Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner in Berlin on 7 November 2024, as part of the International Fall Gathering hosted by Female Science Talents. Among the three Winners, the Jury will select one final Science Breakthrough of the Year in the Women’s Impact category. The recipient of this award will present on the grand Breakthrough stage at the Falling Walls Science Summit on 9 November 2024.

Global Call

With the Global Call for groundbreaking science, Falling Walls is looking for the science breakthroughs of the year 2024. Until May 1, 2024, scientists and academics, research institutions, universities and NGOs can submit their projects in the categories Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences and Humanities, Art & Science, Women’s Impact Award, Emerging Talents, Science Start-Ups, and Science Engagement.

Submissions welcome

For the Women’s Impact Award, Female Science Talents welcome submissions from women researchers from all disciplines who:

•  Are researchers at least at the postdoctoral level, similar level or higher.
• Conduct a ground-breaking research project directly connected to one of the 17 SDGs which tackles a specific gender related topic, incorporates gender equality into its design and ideally enables and empowers underserved communities through the design of the research and/or its application.
• The research project must be running and active at the time of the submission. Being in the funding or ideation phase is not considered eligible.

Falling Walls Summit

Since its inception in 2009, Falling Walls Science Summit has become a leading international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral forum for scientific breakthroughs and dialogue between science and society. The event takes place every year from November 7 to 10 in Berlin, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. It brings together global leaders from academia, business, politics, media, and civil society to debate the potential of scientific breakthroughs to solve grand challenges and shape a sustainable future.

More information

Press release "Global call"