Research Project Support

1) Normal Research Project (NAP)

Description and Scope: These are projects that involve individual or interdisciplinary scientific research and development activities of BAU faculty members, address a universally original topic and are expected to have the potential to contribute to science through their outputs.

Who Can Apply: Faculty members of our University may apply.

Project Budget: Project budgets are set incrementally according to the criteria below, taking into account the experience of the Principal Investigators and their performance according to the APP.

NAP-1: A base support amount of 55,000 ₺, regardless of the faculty member's number of publications or APP,

NAP-2: For principal investigators with an APP of 1 (one) or above for the last 3 years, 75,000 ₺ + a budget for 1 Scholarship Holder (See: 5.1.1 Rules on the Employment of Scholarship Holders in Projects)

Project Duration: Minimum 6 months, maximum 24 months.

2) Priority Area Research Project (ÖNAP)

Description and Scope: These are original projects expected to have high impact, supported in priority areas announced by our country's Development Plan, the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, TÜBİTAK and the Horizon Europe program, or identified by the Commission.

The aim is to support faculty members who have research infrastructure and high publication potential in national/international priority areas and/or in priority areas announced by the Commission or included in the BAU Research Strategy document in their project applications. Projects aimed solely at creating infrastructure are not supported. In the evaluation process, multidisciplinary projects (different departments, faculties or universities) may be preferred. The research area/topic identified as a priority area by the relevant public bodies is expected to be stated in the project application with reference to the relevant official document.

Who Can Apply: Faculty members of our University with an APP of 1 (one) or above, who have at least two scientific publications in the priority area published in the Scopus database and have successfully carried out and completed at least one externally funded research project, may apply.

Project Budget: 220,000 ₺ (including the scholarship holder budget)
Within the project budget, 2 scholarship holders may be included in the project team at the request of the principal investigator; however, payments made to them are included within the project support limit (See: 5.1.1 Rules on the Employment of Scholarship Holders in Projects).

Project Duration: Minimum 6 months, maximum 24 months.

 

3) International Research Project (IRP)

Description and Scope: This support is provided to help BAU faculty members win internationally funded research projects that they will carry out jointly with internationally recognized leading universities or leading research centers and researchers in their fields. müşterek yürütecekleri uluslararası dış kaynaklı araştırma projelerinin kazanılması amacıyla verilen destektir. Through this support, faculty members' applications for international external funding are supported.

Who Can Apply:
Faculty members of our University with an APP of 1 (one) or above may apply.

Support Budget: The support consists of the services defined in this section. This support is provided under the coordination of the TTO. No separate account is opened and no budget is transferred for the project.

Support Duration: From the date of application to BAP until the call deadline of the international project in question. The requested support items are marked on the form.

4) Co-Financing Support (EFD)

Description and Scope: Projects are expected that require co-financing support and in which a faculty member of our University serves or will serve as principal investigator, coordinator or institutional lead, and that have received or will receive funding from national or international institutions. Research projects with BAU as the executing institution, conducted in accordance with scientific principles to generate new knowledge, raise the Technology Readiness Level (TRL)/mature the technology or solve technological problems, and their commercialization potential are taken into account. Two different types of support meeting the criteria below are provided under EFD.

EFD-1: Co-financing support may be provided for project applications under TÜBİTAK (excluding 1002), the Ministry of Development, Development Agencies, European Union Projects, TAGEM, SSB and similar programs that, at the application stage, require a certain proportion of the project budget to be covered by BAU, in projects where the budget for the scientific research and work will be transferred directly to BAU. Projects of a social responsibility nature are outside the scope of support.

EFD-2: Co-financing support is provided for project applications aimed at capacity building and commercialization that are continuations of projects supported within the last 5 years by the Ministry of Development, Development Agencies, European Union Projects, TAGEM, SSB and similar programs, whose purpose was to generate new knowledge, raise the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) or solve technological problems, and that were successfully carried out at BAU in accordance with scientific principles. Projects of a social responsibility nature and projects aimed solely at acquiring infrastructure are outside the scope of support.

Who Can Apply:

EFD-1: Faculty members of our University with an APP of 1 (one) who have successfully carried out and completed at least one externally funded research project may apply.

EFD-2: Principal investigators of projects supported by the Ministry of Development, Development Agencies, European Union Projects, TAGEM, SSB and similar programs within the last 5 years and successfully completed (the principal investigator role must have been carried out at BAU) may apply.

Project Budget:

EFD-1: Co-financing support for the budget of an externally funded research project to be brought to BAU is evaluated by the Commission. For project applications in which the funding body requires, as a precondition at the application stage, support for a certain proportion of the project budget, support is provided up to the rate set by the support program; support requests exceeding this are subject to the Commission's approval.

EFD-2: The upper budget limit for projects that have received funding from national or international institutions outside our University within the last 5 years is 300,000 ₺. Within the project budget, 2 scholarship holders may be included in the project team; however, payments made to them are included within the project support limit. (See: 5.1.1 Rules on the Employment of Scholarship Holders in Projects) Duplicate requests for tools, hardware and devices already purchased in the externally funded project on which the application is based are not supported.

Project Duration:
EFD-1: The official date range in the contract of the project subject to the application is taken into account.
EFD-2: Minimum 6 months, maximum 24 months.

5) R&D Laboratory Support

Description and Scope: This type of support has been created to build a culture of R&D, design and entrepreneurship at BAU and to encourage and promote research, applied research, R&D, design and technology demonstration / prototype development / production activities. The support covers infrastructure acquisitions for existing or planned facilities at BAU, the development of the infrastructure of existing laboratories and centers, services needed to increase the capacity and publication activities of these units, and the infrastructure needed for new laboratories and centers. Laboratory accreditation needs and equipment/device maintenance and repair costs may also be requested.

Under R&D Laboratory support, infrastructure requests solely for educational purposes are not supported; dual use (education and research) must be considered. In this context, projects and activities that increase education and research capacity may also be submitted for evaluation.

Who Can Apply: Faculty members of our University may apply.

Project Budget: There is no upper budget limit; requests are subject to the approval of the Commission as well as the Office of the President and the General Secretariat.

Project Duration: Minimum 6 months, maximum 12 months.