The Scientific and Technological Research Projects

Submitted by josecobos on Thu, 2011-10-06 10:38

TUBITAK

Turkey

TUBITAK founded in 1963, is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. Her mission is to develop scientific and technological policies in line with national priorities and in cooperation with all sectors and related establishments; contribute to establishment of infrastructure and instruments to implement set policies; support and conduct research and development activities; and to play a leading role in the creation of a science and technology culture with the aim of improving the competitive power and prosperity of the country.

TUBITAK has many support programmes for basic research, industrial research, mobility and career development of researchers. All of these programmes are designed in a bottom up approach and funding decision is mainly dependent on the scientific excellence of the projects rather than thematic priority.

Title of the programme:

1001 – Support Programme for Scientific and Technological Research Projects

1002 – Rapid Support Programme for Scientific and Technological Research Projects

3501 – Support Programme for National Young Researchers’ Career Development

1501 – Support Programme for Industrial R&D Projects

1509 – Support Programme for International Industrial R&D Projects

Type of the programme: non-thematic call for proposals

Reccurence of the programme:

1001 programme - continuous and two calls are opened per year (with a deadline of March and September in 2011)

1002 programme - continuous and researchers may apply all the time

3501 programme - continuous and two calls are opened per year (with a deadline of March and September in 2011)

1501 programme - continuous and researchers may apply all the time