2247-A National Leading Researchers Program

TUBITAK 2247-A National Leading Researchers Program call is now open. Program is designed to support excellent Principal Investigators and their team in Turkey.

Application Requirements:
In the research projects within the scope of this program, principle investigators (PI) must have a doctorate and provide at least 2 of the a, b, c, ç options below:

a. Providing at least 50% of all publications in the journals in the 25% most cited journals, provided that the number of publications of the PI is at least 5,
b. In any year of the last 3 years from the date of application of the institution where the PI has been in the last 5 years for at least 1 year;
- Be among the top 100 universities in field-based rankings within the scope of QS or THE World University Rankings; or
- Being among the top 250 institutions in the ranking of Scimago public research institutes / institutions; or
- Having taken place in the list of "Top 2500 Companies with the Most R&D Expenditures in the World" published by the EU Joint Research Center,
c. Received TÜBİTAK Science or TÜBİTAK Special Award or TÜBA Academy Award,
d. The PI has a completed European Research Council (ERC) project or has taken part as a coordinator in research and innovation action (RIA) projects within the scope of Horizon 2020.

Support Scope and Budget:
Research support (1 Million TL for expenses within the scope of R&D)
Project Incentive Bonus (PTİ) to be given to the PI (PTI upper limit 5,000 TL / month)
Scholarship support (up to 5 doctoral students / people with doctorate degrees) (Doctoral student (Full / Partial) 4.500 / 800 TL / month, Post-doc 6.000 TL / month)
Overhead to the institution / organization where the project is carried out (10% of the total budget except PTI)

Project Duration: 3 years

Application Deadline: April 3, 2020

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