TÜBİTAK 1501 Industrial R&D Projects Grant Program
The 1501 Program aims to increase research‐technology
development capability, innovation culture and competitiveness
of companies established in Turkey. The program supports
projects aiming to produce new products, to raise the quality and
standard of a product, to develop new techniques, to reduce the
cost and to develop new production technology.
• Eligible applicants project program are the companies
established in Turkey. Universities can take part in projects as
R&D provider by proposing their budget under “consulting”
budget item secured by a contract.
• Maximum project duration is 36 months.
• There is no budget limit. The grant ratio provided by this
program can be minimum 40 % and max. 60 % of a project’s
budget.
TÜBİTAK 1507 SME Research, Development &
Innovation Grant Program
The 1507 Program supports the top five in the evaluation by firms
in SME scale and follows the same aim with the 1501 program.
• Eligible applicants for the program are the SMEs established
in Turkey. Universities can take part in projects as R&D provider
by proposing their budget under the “consulting” budget item
secured by a contract.
• SMEs can apply for maximum 5 projects (at least 2 of them
should be with partners)
• Maximum project duration is 18 months.
• Maximum budget amount should not exceed 500.000TL. The
grant ratio provided by this program can be up to 75 % of a
project’s budget.
• There is no application deadline.
TÜBİTAK 1509 International Industrial R&D Projects
Grant Program
TÜBİTAK 1503 R&D Project Brokerage Events Grant
Program
The targetsof the program are to create market focused R&D
projects between European countries and increase cooperation
between Europe‐wide firms, universities and research institutions,
by using cooperation webs such as EUREKA, EUROSTARS.
The aim of the program is to stimulate collaboration between
universities, research institutions and private companies.
• Eligible applicants for the program are the companies
established in Turkey. Universities can take part in projects as
R&D provider secured by a consulting contract.
• Two stage proposal submission is applied. In first stage, Eureka
Project Application Form should be filled and signed by each
partner. At least two partners from EUREKA Member Countries
are sought for an eligible consortium. Signed and completed
form is to be returned each partner’s national Office (For Turkey,
TÜBİTAK). In second stage, leading company in Turkey applies
to the 1509 International Industrial R&D Projects Grant Program.
Upon the completion of the evaluation reports the relevant
technology group committee discusses the project proposal to
give the final decision of acceptance or rejection.
• There is no budget limit. The grant ratio provided by this
program can be up to 75 % of a project’s budget for SMEs, 60 %
for big companies.
• There is no application deadline and limitation for the project
duration.
• At least one of the following institutions, chamber of industry,
chamber of commerce, chamber of industry & commerce, and
exporters union with an university partner are eligible to apply for
this program.
• The amount of support is maximum 20.000 TL for events with
national participation, 25.000 TL for events international with
international participation.
• There is no application deadline. The application is to be done
at least 2 months before the event.