An Alternative Fund for University- Industry Partnerships!

1505 – TÜBİTAK Industry-Academia Partnership Program

The objective of the program is to commercialize the academic knowledge and technological know- how by the transfering them to product or process development processes of industrial enterprises which commit to carry out the outputs of the joint projects.
The partners of the projects are companies registered in Turkey identified as client institutions and the universities and public research institutions as the project leaders. A cooperation agreement between the partners on below targets is required before the submission of the proposal:
- development of new products,
-development or improvement of an existing product,
-enhancement of the quality or standards of the existing products, developing of new techniques, production technologies or processes in terms of cost reduction,
The upper limit of the project budget shoul not exceed 1 million TL. If the partner company is a SME, project can obtain upto 75% funding from the Ministry. The remaining 25% funding must come from the SME as cash contribution. If the partner company is bigger than SME in scale, project can obtain upto 60% funding from the Ministry. The remaining 40% funding must come from the company as cash contribution.
The duration of the projects should not exceed 2 years .
1505 projects differ from San-Tez projects by higher contribution rates to the salaries of the project staff (project managers, researchers, consultants). If you have already a project idea and a partner, TÜBİTAK also supports your feasibility studies by 10.000 TL.
There is no deadline for proposal submission. You can submit your proposal whenever you want.
If you have a project idea, please do not hesitate to contact with our office. We would be glad to assist
you in all aspects of the proposal submission and project management processes.
A webinar about 1505 will be organised by TÜBİTAK tomorrow at 16:00. You can join from the link below.
http://sanal-oda.tubitak.gov.tr/etkinlik_1505_220414/event/registration....