Research Funding in Turkey
Incoming researchers can benefit from a variety of TUBITAK programmes such as Program code 2215 and 2216 and international programmes such as FP7.
The scholarship and grant programmes that scientists can benefit in Turkey should be evaluated as a whole package in order to analyze the situation better.
Funding, grant and scholarship programmes for incoming researchers are given below:
Academic Research Support Programmes
- 1001 – The Support Programme for Scientific and Technological Research Projects
- 1002 – Short-Term R&D Funding Programme
- 3501 – National Young Researchers Career Development Programme (Career Programme)
- ERC - European Research Council
- Marie Curie Vacancies
Support Programmes for Cooperation
- 1301 – The Support Programme for the Initiative to Build Scientific and Technological Cooperation Networks and Platforms
- 1509 – International Industry R&D Network Support (including EUREKA)
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology Programme (COST)
- Bilateral Cooperation Programmes with 20 countries (Belarus, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Korea, Macedonia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunusia, Ukraine, USA)
- 7th Framework Programme Cooperation Programme (TUBITAK EU FP National Coordination Office)
- International Research Staff Exchange Scheme-IRSES
- Industry-Academia Partnership Pathways- IAPP
- 1503 – Project Brokerage Events Funding Programme
- 1505 – Technology Transfer Programme for SMEs (Detailed information is only available in Turkish)
Industrial R&D Support Programmes in Turkey
- 1501 – Industrial R&D Funding Program
- 1505 – Technology Transfer Programme for SMEs (Detailed information is only available in Turkish)
- 1507 – SME Funding Programme
- 1508 – Techno-entrepreneurship Funding Programme
- 2228 – MSc/PhD Fellowship Programme for Senior Undergraduate Students
- 2210 – National Scholarship Programme for MSc Students
- 2211 – National Scholarship Programme for PhD Student
- 2218 – National Postdoctoral Research Scholarship Programme
- 2215 - PhD Fellowship for Foreign Citizens
- 2216 - Research Fellowship for Foreign Citizens
- Programmes that are held under International Scientific Agreements
- 7th Framework Programme
- Career Integration Grants- CIG (former International Reintegration Grants-IRG)
- International Incoming Fellowships-IIF
- Intra-European Fellowships-IEF
Short-term Visit Programmes
In addition to the programmes above, Law No: 5746 also has provisions which promote the employment of researchers.
