2247-D National Young Researchers Program

The goal of the TÜBİTAK 2247-D National Young Researchers Program is to support young scientists who will bring new perspectives to the researchers with pioneering and groundbreaking studies and have the potential to make an important discovery and / or invention.

Application Criteria:

  • Applicants are obliged to be working in Turkey as of the first day of the application
  • Early stage researchers under the age of 40 with 1 to 4 years of postdoctoral research experience 

In addition, at least 2 of the following items must be provided:

  • Provided that the number of publications is at least 5; at least 50% of all publications are included in journals in the 25%  highest cited / Q1
  • Scopus Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) or WoS Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) value is greater than 1
  • Having completed European Research Council (ERC) project or Horizon 2020 projects as a coordinator or having  Marie Skłodowska Curie Action (MSCA)  projects (IF, RISE)
  • Having received TÜBİTAK Incentive Award or TWAS Incentive Award or TÜBA GEBİP Award

The Scope of the Fellowship:

  • Research support (750.000 TL)
  • Project Incentive Bonus (PTİ) (Upper limit 4,000 TL / month)
  • Scholarship (PhD student: Full / Partial 4.500 / 800 TL / month, Post-doc 6.000 TL / month)
  • Overhead  

Duration of the Fellowship: Maximum 36 months

Application Deadline: June 2021 (Exact date has not been published yet.)

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