We continue to accelerate the efforts that will strengthen Türkiye's position as an independent and leading country in the field of science, technology, and innovation, and increase the competitiveness of our country around the world, with the great contributions of valuable scientists in our country. The initiated programme 2232 continues to encourage successful researchers, particularly Turkish scientists, who have experience working abroad, to come to Türkiye with high-level scientific and/or technological studies in their fields to contribute to the projects to be carried out in areas of strategic value for our country. The evaluation process for 2024 calls for 2232-A International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Programme and 2232-B International Early-Stage Researchers Programme has been completed.
The result regarding your 2232 Programme application status can be viewed in the "My Applications" section by logging in to BİDEB Application and Monitoring System (ebideb.tubitak.gov.tr).
40 researchers are coming to Türkiye
In the current call of the 2232 Programmes, 40 researchers have been granted for support to initiate their projects in our country. These researchers stand out as researchers working in top 150 universities included in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) or THE (Times Higher Education) World University Rankings or in the Top 2500 Companies with the Highest R&D Spending in the World published by the European Commission Joint Research Center or in the 250 Scimago Institutions ranking.
The supported researchers will be provided with a living expenses scholarship, family allowance, health insurance and travel allowance. In order for researchers to conduct leading scientific research in our country, an initial research grant of 2,350,000 to 4,700,000 TL, research project grant up to 1,650,000 TL, scholarships and project incentive bonuses for those who will take part in the project team, and institutional share allowance for host institutions will be provided.
In addition to these supports, the programme will also provide mentoring support to new researchers from leading researchers who have previously come to our country and started their projects.
For detailed information, you can visit the programme web pages.
2232-A International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Programme
