Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 3 December 31, 2013 | Page 3

EU FP7 MARIE CURIE CIG GRANTS OF 2013 Assist. Prof. Dr. Sedat Nizamoğlu and Assist. Prof. Dr. Ulaş Özen are granted Career Integration Grants (CIG) under 7th Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie of European Commission. FP7 CIGs are European research grants available to researchers to gain experience abroad and in the private sector, and to complete their training with competences or disciplines useful for their careers in Europe. CIG Programme are competitive that all nationals can apply to move to another country / sector in Europe from all around the world. In this respect, those fellowships grant prestigious positions for European researchers. Assist. Prof. Dr. Sedat Nizamoğlu: Protein-integrated white light-emitting diodes for efficient, high-quality and biocompatible solid-state lighting (PROTEINLED) and Assist. Prof. Dr.Ulaş Özen: Cooperation in Service Systems and Service Supply Chains (COOPSS). THE FIRST EU FP7 MC IIF GRANT Assist. Prof. Dr. Bülent Erkmen’s project proposal called “Seismic Analysis of Liquid-Storage Tanks with a focus on Tank-Base Uplift” (Lifting Tanks) was awarded International Incoming Fellowship under Marie Curie Programme of 7th Framework Programme. Dr. Erkmen, the faculty member of Civil Engineering Department achieved a major success by winning the first IIF project at Özyeğin University. Dr. Erkmen’s success also lies in the competitive nature of the programme that “Lifting Tanks” is one of the few successful IIF projects supported from Turkey. 7th Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie Special Program International Incoming Fellowship (IIF) aims to encourage the researchers, residing / working in the developed countries outside Europe such as the United States, Canada, and Japan to reintegrate to the Europe. In this respect, IIF holders do not only gain an international prestigious but also get support for their research. THREE NEW TRAINING GRANTS FOR ÖZÜ UNDER TÜBİTAK 2237 PROJECT TRAINING SUPPORT PROGRAM Three projects of Özyeğin University are awarded TÜBİTAK 2237 Support for Project Training Events. Project coordinators Prof. Dr. M. Pınar Mengüç, Prof. Dr.  Tanju Erdem and Assist. Prof. Dr. Çimen Güney Erkol made valuable contribution and supported the project development. The training activities within these projects will be conducted by ÖzÜ TTO in January and February 2014. TÜBİTAK 2237 Support Program for Project Training Events aims at supporting activities of project proposal development in various subjects and hands-on proposal writing. For a full list of funding recipients in the period 2013/4 please visit http://tto93.wix.com/tubitak2237 Dates Project Coordinator TÜBİTAK Project Proposal Writing Training in The Field of Engineering 8-10 January 2014 Tanju ERDEM TÜBİTAK Project Proposal Writing Training in The Field of Social Sciences and Humanities 15-16 January 2014 Çimen Güney ERKOL Project Proposal Writing Training 12-13 for H2020 Program February 2014 TTO EVENTS AND TRAININGS IN 2013 INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP DAYS TRAINING EVENTS • ASELSAN - February 19 • Enel Enerji - February 26 • Demirdöküm- March 12 • Kıvanç Tekstil - April 16 • Turkcell - May 4 • Oxygen Arge - May 6 • İstanbul Teknopark - May 13 • Intel - May 15 • THY Teknik - May 16 • NETAŞ - June 1 • ARÇELİK - June 21 • Vestel - June 24 • Defne Madeni E.. - June 27 • Fematek - June 28 • Compugroup - July 2 • Demirdöküm - August 15 • YGA - September 3 • Canovate - September 12 • MTE - September 24 • BeşA - November 4 • Pera EEMEA - November 8 • Silverline - November 15 • Antropi - November 22 • Information Days on ERC Cog Grant, January 16 • Destek Patent-Patent Information Training, May 8 • Information Day on TUBITAK 1001, 3501 & 3001 Programs, July 25 • Information Day on TUBITAK 1001-3501 Programs, August 3 • Information Day on TUBITAK 1512 Individual Entrepreneurship Support Program, November 6 • Horizon 2020 Information Day, November 7 • Patent Information Day for Student, December 4 M. Pınar MENGÜÇ TRAINING EVENTS ATTENDED • Destek Patent - Patent Information Training, May 8 • Boğaziçi EBİLTEM - Patent Research Training, May 23 • İnovita –TÜBİTAK Information Day on Calls for Proposals for Health Program, August 14 • EU Project Budget Management Training, September 5 • European Framework Program Consulting-Horizon 2020, September 13 • AUTM Technology Transfer Professionals Course, • October 3 • AUTM Essentials of Academic Technology Transfer Course, October 7 • Destek Patent - Patent Information Training, • October 9 • AUTM Technology Operations and Organization Skills (TOOLS) Course, October 23 • AUTM Essentials of Academic Technology Transfer Course, October 23 • Information Multiplier Workshop #4 – Horizon 2020-Opportunities for Turkey, October 24 • San Francisco IP Training, August 11 • Horizon 2020 Information Day, November 7 • Negotiation and Communication Skills Course, November