Bilkent University has announced that in 2023, a total of 29 projects were selected to receive funding from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under its 1001 program. The 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program supports projects that generate new information or solve technological problems. The success rates for the 2023 1st and 2nd Terms were 46% and 52%, respectively.
Twenty-eight Bilkent faculty members selected to receive 1001 funding are listed here:
1001: Mustafa Ordu (UNAM), Cem Tekin (EE), Yunus Emre Türkmen (CHEM), Serkan İsmail Göktuna (MBG), Yiğit Karpat (ME), Şefik Süzer (CHEM), Pınar Önal (MBG), Amirhoushang Bahrami (UNAM), Betül Canımkurbey (UNAM), Ülkü Gürler (IE), Arda Gitmez (ECON), Bülent Batuman (LAUD), Çağın Ararrat (IE), Sueda Saylan (UNAM), Aslı Elif Gürbüz Usuluel (LAW), Alex Degtyarev (MATH), Hitay Özbay (EE), Hande Ilgaz (PSYC), Timothea Toulopoulou (PSYC), Babak Olyaeefar (UNM), Onur Çizmecioğlu (MBG), Talip Serkan Kasırga (UNAM), Bilge Baytekin (CHEM), Cüneyt Şahin (UNAM), Tolga Çukur (EE), Gürkan Yeşilöz (UNAM), Engin Durgun (UNAM), Emrah Özensoy (CHEM)
The 3501 Career Development Program is focused on providing project support for researchers who have received PhD degrees and are just beginning their careers. In 2023, three Bilkent University faculty members were selected to receive funding under this program. Faculty Members Awarded 3501 Funding are listed here:
3501: Esra Kendir (UNAM), İlyas Chachoua (MBG), Kerem Yıldırım (POLS)