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19.12.2025 | NEST decision-makers

Since the beginning of the year, a community of former NEST Space grantees has been deciding which future projects will receive NEST funding. For each Nest round, six people are selected from the NEST alumni pool who have relevant professional expertise and relevant industry experience and contribute this specifically to the evaluation of the respective projects. With a diverse composition, we want to ensure that stories can be told that might otherwise go unheard

Here we would like to introduce you to the pool of former NEST Space grantees who made the decisions for the four NEST rounds this year:

Melanie Blocksdorf
Toby Chlosta
Vanessa Ciszewski
Fabian Driehorst
Marian Freistühler
Steffen Gerdes
Ali Hakim
Sarah M. Kempen
Denise Koch
Max König
Martina Mahlknecht
Annett Neukirchen
Katharina Pethke
Kerstin Polte
Martin Prinoth
Maike Rasch
Su-Jin Song
Anette Unger
Radoš Vujaklija
Jakob Weydemann
Ipek Zübert

A list of all NEST Space alumni with photos and further information can be found here.

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