International Researcher Projects - Young Minds in Basic Sciences Project

Dear Faculty Members,

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) is launching new projects to enable doctoral students and researchers to conduct research at international standards.

“With the "International Researcher Projects," research at universities ranked in the top 700 in world university rankings within the last 3 years will be encouraged.

With the Young Minds in Basic Sciences Project, 100 doctoral students employed as research assistants at universities will receive monthly support of up to20,000 TLto conduct research abroad on their dissertation topics.

Doctoral students working as research assistants at higher education institutions will be able to conduct research abroad related to their dissertation topics in the fields ofPhysics,, Chemistry,, BiologyandMathematics .

YÖK will assign these doctoral students for 1 to 3 months to conduct research at higher education institutions abroad and will provide monthly support of up to20,000 TL. These students will also be provided with10,000 TLin travel support.

Candidates wishing to benefit from this opportunity must meet the following requirements:

• Being a citizen of the Republic of Türkiye and currently a research assistant at a state higher education institution,
• Having passed to the dissertation stage of doctoral studies in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Mathematics,
• Documenting a language exam result of at least 75 points, in the language in which the research will be conducted, from YÖKDİL, YDS, E-YDS or an international foreign language exam accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM, taken within the last 3 years,
• For male candidates, having no outstanding military service obligation (having completed military service, having it deferred or being eligible for deferment),
• Having started doctoral studies within the last three years as of the application date,
• Receiving a letter of invitation for at least one month from one of the universities ranked in the top 700 within the last 3 years in the world university rankings by University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), Times Higher Education (THE), Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai) and World University Rankings (QS).

Application dates and details regarding applications will be announced later by YÖK. Applications will be made to the faculty or graduate school to which candidates are affiliated.

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