Bilkent’s Success in the National Outstanding Researchers Program

November 6, 2024 Written by ttoweb

The results of the TÜBİTAK BİDEB 2247-A National Outstanding Researchers Program 2023 application have been announced. This program, which has garnered significant attention nationwide, aims to support projects that contain goals for breakthrough developments, address critical gaps in various field, and hold the potential for important discoveries. It also provides researchers with the opportunity to make significant contributions to their areas of expertise. Additionally, this program is viewed as a crucial support mechanism, helping researchers apply to the European Research Council (ERC) program with more competitive and high-success potential research projects.

According to the 2023 application statistics released by TÜBİTAK, a total of 193 researchers applied to the program, and 99 researchers were eligible to advance to the second stage. In the second stage, 95 researchers submitted applications, and a total of 44 researchers were selected for funding. Of the applicants, 22.8% were selected for support, and 46.3% of those who underwent the second-stage scientific evaluation received funding.

Among the 9 researchers from Bilkent University and Bilkent UNAM who reached the second stage, 7 were selected for funding. Bilkent’s success rate in this program was 77.8%, well above the national average.

The researchers selected for funding are: Bilge Baytekin (Department of Chemistry), Hasan Yılmaz (Bilkent UNAM), Mehmet Selim Hanay (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Onur Tokel (Department of Physics), Ömer Dağ (Department of Chemistry), Refet Gürkaynak (Department of Economics), Won Mi Ahn (Bilkent UNAM).

We are proud of the achievements of these esteemed researchers and believe that we will continue to contribute to the scientific community in our country.

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