Research Centers

BAUTTO carries out its activities within the framework of the following five modules, as also defined by TÜBİTAK:

Module 1: Awareness, Promotion, Information and Training Services

The main objective of the "Awareness, Promotion, Information and Training Services" module is to announce activities to researchers, academics, students and the business world, to ensure that all stakeholders can benefit from these activities, and to raise awareness in order to increase collaboration opportunities.

How Do We Support You?

• Planning and organizing activities designed to raise awareness,
• Coordinating the training of Technology Transfer Office specialists,
• Promoting activities through the website, print and visual media and social media,
• Actively participating in workshops, seminars and congresses and promoting BAUTTO activities,
• Organizing training sessions and seminars to increase the knowledge of academics, industry representatives and students.

Module 2: National and International Funds

The main objective of the "Utilization of Support Programs" module is to provide information, project development and administrative support services in order to increase the participation of researchers and academics in national and international support programs and enable them to benefit from these programs.

How Do We Support You?

• Delivering calls for support programs to the target audience (academics) through accurate matching,
• Announcing calls for project partnerships,
• Carrying out awareness activities on national and international support programs,
• Organizing training sessions and information meetings on support programs, and supporting the revision of rejected projects,
• Providing support for the preliminary evaluation of projects upon request from academics,
• Conducting the Researcher Competency Inventory,
• Providing financial management, consultancy and process support and monitoring for projects.

 Module 3: Project Development and Management Services (University-Industry Collaboration Activities)

The main objective of the "University-Industry Collaboration" module is to contribute to turning the scientific potential of the University into economic value by transferring it to industry, and to establish sustainable collaboration based on mutual trust between the University's academics and industry representatives by directing potential companies toward R&D and innovation activities.

How Do We Support You?

• Turning the R&D-based work of industrial organizations into projects that can benefit from national and international grant and support programs,
• Directing requests from industry to academics with expertise in the subject at the University and enabling consultancy,
• Creating University-Industry meeting platforms,
• UIC project development and writing services,
• Supporting the commercialization of academic work by bringing academics and industry representatives together,
• Providing training to increase the knowledge of industry representatives and companies on innovation and project development,
• Providing the BAU company database service.

Module 4: Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Management and Licensing Services

The main objective of the "Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Management and Licensing Services" module is to provide one-on-one services during the protection and commercialization of technologies and products developed at BAU, and to be responsible for the management of intellectual and industrial property rights within the University.

The Turkish Patent Institute Information and Documentation Unit, which has been operating since 2009, continues its services within BAUTTO; detailed workflows can be found in the guide titled "BAUTTO Processes" in the "Forms" section.

How Do We Support You?

• Accepting Invention Disclosure Forms from faculty academics,
• Conducting preliminary research on the patentability and commercialization of inventions disclosed through the Invention Disclosure Form,
• Ensuring coordination between the Turkish Patent Office and the inventor during the registration process,
• Monitoring national and international patent application processes,
• Supporting academics in writing patent descriptions and claims,
• Organizing training sessions (patent processes, patent searches) to increase academics' technical knowledge of the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights,
• Organizing company visits and business development meetings to support licensing and commercialization processes,
• Implementing the intellectual and industrial property rights policy determined by the BAP Commission.

Module 5: Company Formation and Entrepreneurship Services

The main objective of the "Company Formation and Entrepreneurship Services" module is to support business ideas with commercialization potential developed by academics, students and graduates, with a view to bringing new products and technologies into the economy.

Detailed workflows for the Entrepreneurship Programs can be found in the guide titled "BAU TTO Processes" in the Forms section.

How Do We Support You?

• Carrying out activities (events, meetings, seminars, conferences, courses, etc.) for students, academics and graduates to spread an entrepreneurial culture,
• Collecting and evaluating business ideas and supporting entrepreneurial companies administratively, financially and technically by incubating suitable business ideas,
• Providing entrepreneurs with office space, office equipment, technical infrastructure and similar facilities,
• Monitoring and announcing entrepreneurship calls,
• Providing one-on-one consultancy to entrepreneurs applying to support and grant programs during project writing and preparation,
• Bringing high-potential entrepreneurs together with suitable investors (angel investors, venture capitalists, etc.),
• Sharing success stories.