Falling Walls Atlantic Canada APPLY by July 17
- Jul 10
- 2 min read
Which Walls Still Need to Fall?
FINAL REMINDER: Three minutes could take an idea from Atlantic Canada to Berlin
Research leaders:
Please forward this opportunity to the students, researchers, and early-career professionals in your network. Your recommendation or a simple forwarded email could connect someone with an opportunity that helps launch the next stage of their career.
Students, researchers, and early-career professionals:
If you have a breakthrough idea, this is your moment.
Every breakthrough begins with someone asking a simple question: Which walls still need to fall?
• Perhaps it’s a scientific challenge.
• A healthcare problem.
• A climate solution.
• A new technology.
• A business model.
• Or an idea that could improve lives in ways we haven’t yet imagined.
If you’ve been developing an idea that deserves a wider audience, we encourage you to apply to Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada 2026.
Hosted by Research Nova Scotia and supported by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Falling Walls Lab brings together emerging innovators from every discipline to present breakthrough ideas in just three minutes.
The Atlantic Canada winner will travel to Berlin this November to compete on the global stage at the Falling Walls Lab Finale alongside innovators from around the world.
Applications close Friday, July 17, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ADT.
If you're a research leader, faculty member, supervisor, innovation hub, graduate coordinator, or industry partner, please take a moment today to share this opportunity. One email could introduce someone in your network to an experience that changes the course of their career.
If you're a student, researcher, or early-career professional, we hope you'll take the leap and apply.
Atlantic Canada is full of remarkable ideas. Let's make sure the world hears them.
Apply now:
Have questions or need promotional materials? We'd be happy to provide digital posters, social media graphics, newsletter copy, or other promotional materials to help you spread the word. Contact maggie.archibald@researchns.ca.
Thank you for helping us discover and celebrate Atlantic Canada's next generation of innovators.
All the best,
Stefan Leslie
CEO
Research Nova Scotia
Apply:
Interested individuals can apply via the Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada page at
until 11:59 p.m. ADT on July 17, 2026.
Contact:maggie.archibald@researchns.ca
About Falling Walls:Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition and networking forum that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early-career professionals by providing a stage for breakthrough ideas both globally and locally. The Falling Walls Foundation is a non-profit organization in Berlin, dedicated to supporting science and the humanities.
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