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Research Opportunities in TURKEY
Aslı VURAL
Tuğba ARSLAN KANTARCIOĞLU
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TÜBİTAK
TÜBİTAK: The main research funding organisation in
Turkey
• Assisting to formulation of STI policies
• Funding R&D
• Carry out research on strategic fields
Academic Research
Bussiness Supports
Human Resource Development
Science and Society Activities
International Cooperation
• Turkey’s aspiration for RDI and continously increasing RDI expenditures
• Private sector is increasing its research expenditures
• Turkey is integrating to European Research Area as an EU Candidate
Country
• Quality and visibility of universities and research institutions are increasing
• Through TÜBİTAK you can access many international funding opportunities
• Destination Turkey Initiative is gaining more and more attention in and
outside Turkey
Why Turkey as a Research Destination?
İzmir İstanbul
Why Turkey ? Aspiration for RDI
R&D expenditures/
GDP : 3%
Private sector R&D
expenditures / GDP : 2%
Researchers:
300k (FTE)
Private sector researchers :
180k (FTE)
National Targets for the 100th Anniversary of
Republic of Turkey in 2023
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5
Greater Achievements in Turkey to boost research and innovation
In times of fiscal constraints, Turkey kept investing in education, R&D, innovation and ICTs. Such investments should where possible not only be protected from budget cuts, but should be
stepped up.
Turkey EU
2004: 23.1 € 2012: 75.6 € 2004: 394.4 € 2012: 532.6 €
2004: 1.630 B € 2012: 5.646 B €
EU 28 Average
2004: 194.340 B € 2012: 269.548 B €
2004: 1,8 % 2012: 2 % 2004: 0,5 % 2012: 0,9 %
Source: Eurostat
Why Turkey ? Aspiration for RDI
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Turkey EU
IU: 2014
2007-2012 2007-2012
«Bottom-up strategic approach: private sector and academia have identified their R&D needs in a detailed and more efficient way, and support mechanisms have acquired a more
targetted structure»
Why Turkey ? Aspiration for RDI
Why Turkey? Private Sector R&D expenditure is
increasing
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Private Sector R&D Expenditure (%)
Public Sector R&D Expenditure (%)
Other (Higher Education Sector, national and foreign resources) (%)
Share of R&D Expenditure
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Germany USA China Japan S.Korea Turkey
65.6
30.3
61.6
31.3
73.9
21.7
76.5
16.4
73.7
24.9
45.1
43.9
11.0
R&D Expenditure of Private Sector is Increasing
2003; 23.2 %
2012; 45.1 %
Source: TUIK, OECD
Successful and active private companies active in EU Framework Programmes:
ASELSAN
Arçelik
Turkcell Technology
Avea - Telekom
Vodafone
HAVELSAN
TEI-TUSAS Engine Industries
TAI - Turkish Aerospace Industrie
Why Turkey? Private Sector R&D expenditure is
increasing
Why Turkey? TÜBİTAK Research Institutes
Ankara Gebze
• 20 Institutes; 3600 R&D personnel, 520 ongoing projects
• The project portfolio increased by 54 % in the last two
years
Antalya TUG Bursa BUTAL
Top 10 Universities in TÜBİTAK’s in The Entrepreneurial and
Innovative University
1. Sabancı Üniversitesi 2. Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi 3. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi 4. Bilkent Üniversitesi 5. Koç Üniversitesi 6. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 7. Özyeğin Üniversitesi 8. İzmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü 9. TOBB ETÜ 10. Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi
University Index: The Entrepreneurial and Innovative
More Information The Council of Higher Education: http://www.yok.gov.tr/en/web/guest/universitelerimiz
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Northeastern University
University of Michigan
University of Houston
Duke University
Southern Polytechnicc State
University
UCLA
Stanford University
Boston Naturejobs Carrier Fair
University of Southern California
Stanford University
University of Maryland
Columbia University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Harvard University
University of Waterloo
Berlin Turkish House
Boston Naturejobs Career Fair
London Naturejobs Career Fair
2010 2012 2013 2014 2015
Research Destination Turkey Initiative
Research Destination Turkey Initiative
Promotion of Turkish Research Area
Within Diaspora
2010-2015
18 Events
in USA, Canada, Europe
1.935 Participants
• ERC Grants
• Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions
• TUBITAK BİDEB Funds
• Bilateral Cooperation Programmes
Re-Integration
668 Within the scope of MSCA and ERC, 327
researchers With in the scope of TÜBİTAK BİDEB
fellowsips 341 researchers and students
successfully reintegrated to Turkey
TÜBİTAK
Why Turkey? Funding Opportunities
National
• TÜBİTAK
- Department of Science Fellowships and Grant Programmes (BİDEB)
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European
• EU Horizon 2020
–European Research
Council – ERC
–Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
–Support and Award Programme of TÜBİTAK
International
• Turkey-USA Bilateral Agreement
International Cooperation in TÜBİTAK
(In collaboration with 36 Countries 40 Organisations)
(Members of 88 Multilateral and international Organizations)
82
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Collaborative Res.…Travel Grants
Between
2002 and 2014
1403
3589
Supported ProjectsProposals
TÜBİTAK has Bilateral Cooperation with 36
countries
ALBANIA- MES KYRGYZSTAN – NAS KR
AZERBAIJAN– ANAS MACEDONIA– MESM
BELARUS – NASB MEXICA– CONACYT
BELGIUM- FWO MONGOLIA- MAS
BULGARIA- BAS MONTENEGRO- MoS
CHINA– MOST MOROCCO– CNRST
CZECH REPUBLIC– NASU PAKISTAN- MoST FRANCE- CNRS, ANR and Ministry of Foreign
Affairs POLAND– NCRD
GERMANY- DFG ve BMBF PORTUGAL– FCT
GREECE- GSRT ROMANIA- ANCS
HUNGRY- NIH RUSSIA- RFBR
INDIA - CSIR ve DST SLOVAKIA- SAS
ITALY- CNR SLOVENIA- ARRS
JAPAN– JSPS SOUTH KOREA - NRF
KOSOVO - MEST TUNISIA– MHESR
Joint Funding Opportunies with the US Institutes
Health
Engineering
Agriculture
Material Science
Natural Disasters
Education
Energy
TÜBİTAK- NSF Bilateral Coop. Program
TÜBİTAK-NIH Workshop Support
TÜBİTAK- NIH Bilateral Program on Specific Areas
TÜBİTAK-NIH PostDoc Program
TÜBİTAK MAM- DoE
Scientist Exchange
2002-2006 (5 years)
17.5 Billion €
FP 6
2007-2013 (7 years)
53.2 Billion €
FP 7
2014-2020 (7 years)
80 Billion €
Horizon 2020
Turkey is a Part of EU Framework Programmes N
atio
nal
Co
ord
inat
ion
Off
ice
You can come to Turkey with an ERC
Grant
• Additional fund is available if you are coming from outside EU for your start-up activities: up to 0.5-1 million €
• Partime working is possible: minimum 50% of total working time should be spent in EU MS or Associated Country like Turkey
• Host Institutions must provide the best the conditions for the Principle Investigator
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• ERC has a prestigous logo and brings international visibility
• Long term (5 years) and large budget with lots of independence
• 1.5-2.5 million € budget per project according to career stage
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How can TÜBİTAK help you?
ERC Principal Investigator Advancement Programme
EASY PASS :
• ERC applicants succeeded to pass the 1st stage
• MSCA IF grant holders
• TÜBİTAK Science Award Holders
Support for Participation to Project
Writing Trainings
• Conceptualizing
and writing project idea
• Participation to upto
2 trainings
• Per training incl. travel costs for 2.500€
Support for Participation to
Interview Trainings
• Participation to
ERC interview trainings
• Participation ot 1 training
• Per training incl. travel costs for 2.500€
• EMBO Settlement Support Programme, Young Researchers, Long-term fellowship holders
• COST action proposers
Project Pre-evaluation Support
• Evaluation by professionals before submission
• Evaluation of Project idea
• Written scientific evaluation: B Forms
• Via internet, telephone or meeting
• Travel support
• Up to 7.500€
Proposal Preparation
Unfunded but highly graded
proposals
Funded ERC projects
• TÜBİTAK Award for Above Threshold Proposal: – €6,000-€12,000 *
– For the researchers who passed to the second evaluation stage of ERC (reserve list, mark A and mark B)
– Paid at once after the evaluation is complete
• TÜBİTAK’s national funding for revision of the ERC proposal idea (under construction)
• TÜBİTAK’s funding for researchers who received A mark and not funded twice (under construction) – Up to %100 of the original ERC proposal budget
* Calculated according to mark received
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Proposal Preparation
Unfunded but highly graded
proposals
Funded ERC projects
TÜBİTAK Supports your ERC Adventure
• TÜBİTAK Award for Successful ERC Projects – Up to €350,000 * paid in periods
– For the projects that will be conducted in Turkey
• TÜBİTAK Award for ERC Projects Transfered to
Turkey – €25,000-€35,000 * paid at once after the transfer **
– For the ERC projects that will be transfered to a host institution
in Turkey before or after the project start date
• TÜBİTAK’s National Top-Up Funding (under
construction)
– A top-up funding to cover:
• the budget cut in an ERC project
• additional budget need during the ERC project
– Additional overhead for the host instituion (%50 of budget of
ERC )
*calculated proportional to project budget and with respect to the grant
category
** calculated proportional to project budget left
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Proposal Preparation
Unfunded but highly graded
proposals
Funded ERC projects
TÜBİTAK Supports your ERC Adventure
You can come to Turkey via
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowhips
Bottom-up approach: Open to all domains of research and innovation
Trans-national mobility as the key requirement:
funding on condition participants move from one country to another
(from US to Turkey)
Researcher is free to choose the host-institution
No age limit
Experienced researchers
Objective: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions help to fund career development
opportunities for researchers
«TURKEY» is an Associated Country to
EU Framework Programmes (Horizon2020)
TÜBİTAK Support and Award Programmes
MSC Individual Fellowships Pre-Evaluation Support Programme is now available in order to increase success rate and enhance quality of your projects
TÜBİTAK covers pre – evaluation costs of research proposals
TÜBİTAK also awards researchers with projects above threshold but not funded by the European Commission (on condition that s/he moves to a host institution in Turkey)
For MSC Individual Fellowships 2015 Calls, thresholds and awards are: Above 80 (score) : 2.000 €
Above 90 (score) : 3.000 €
Success Award:
For a project budget of 220.000 €, award will be 18900 €
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- At least 3 academic partners in 3 different countries create a consortium - At least 1 participant must be from non-European Countries (like US) - Project built on joint research and innovation activities - Each staff member seconded for a period of 1 to 12 months to the other country - Staff exchanges between European and non-European partners are funded by EC - Maximum project duration is 4 years
Staff Exchange Oppotunity via MSCA – RISE
(Research and Innovation Staff Exchange)
2 000 1 800 700
• Research Fellowship Programme for Foreign Citizens (2216)
• Re-integration Research Fellowship Programme (2232)
• Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave (2221)
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National Funding to Study and Research in Turkey
Research Opportunity for
Young International Researchers in Turkey
2216 - Research Fellowship Programme for Foreign Citizens (under the age of 35)
Application
Periods
1st Period (2016) March
2nd Period (2016) September
Fellowship Duration 12 month (max.)
Fellowship Amount
2.250 TL
Travel Expenses
Health Insurance
Foreign Researchers
Phd. Students
Researchers (PhD)
Research Opportunity for Turkish Researchers in Turkey
Host Institution
2232 – Re-integration Research Fellowship Programme
Fellowship
Duration 24 months (max)
Fellowship
Amount
Research
Contribution
Application
Periods Always open call
Deadline Last day of the month
(eob)
• Bachelor Degree
6 years experience
• Master Degree
4 years experience
• PhD Degree
2 years experince
Research Opportunity for
Scientists on Sabbatical Leave in Turkey
Fellowship
Duration
1 week – 12 months
3 months – 12 months
Fellowship
Amount
3.500 $
Travel Expenses
Health Insurance
Application
Periods Always open call
Deadline Last day of the month
(eob)
• University
PhD Degree
• Private/ Public Institutions
5 Year Experience
Host Institution
2221-Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave (any nationality including Turkish)
Scholarship Opportunites for Students
www.turkiyeburslari.org
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www.studyinturkey.org
ARBIS-Y- Information System for Researchers Living
Abroad
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https://arbis-y.tubitak.gov.tr/
Strong and sustainable relations with Turkish Scientists.
A researchers
catalogue has been
published on 2013.
Interaction with STI stakeholders
in Turkey
Information on
Funding Opportunities in
Turkey
Mentorship to the Turkish Scientist
abroad
Involvement to National STI
Programs/Policies
Interaction with other Turkish
Scientists all over world
ARBİS-Y