On 22 and 23 September 2025, a joint Korean-German panel evaluation took place at the DFG Head Office in Bonn. Based on a written review, a group of 24 panellists from Korea and Germany held a hybrid meeting to select 20 projects under the call “Joint Korean-German Research Projects 2025 in the Natural, Life and Engineering Science”(interner Link).

The DFG organised this year’s evaluation process as the Lead Agency, taking over from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) which had assumed this role in the first call in 2024. 

As the next step, the funding recommendations from the panel will be presented to the decision-making bodies of the NRF and the DFG for final approval.

On the occasion of the panel evaluation, a meeting between the NRF and the DFG took place to discuss cooperation. Ms. Hyesoo Kim (Head, European & African Affairs) and Mr. Sehyung Yang (Researcher, European & African Affairs) met with Dr. Wolfgang Wachter (Programme Director, Physics and Chemistry), Mr. Raoul Wagner (Programme Officer, International Affairs) and Ms. Tuyet Mai Hua (Programme Officer, International Affairs).

While sharing their appreciation of what has been achieved so far, both sides exchanged ideas to further strengthen the cooperation.