08 Dec 2025
Within the scope of call for proposals launched by TÜBİTAK and NSFC, 8 collaborative research projects are found eligible to be funded.
2566–Bilateral Cooperation Support Program with National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 2025 call scientific review process has been concluded. Information on the 8 projects that were decided to be supported by TÜBİTAK and NSFC is shared below.
| Project Coordinator in Türkiye | Project Coordinator in China | Project Title |
| Prof. Abdulkadir Bayır Atatürk University | Prof. Chunfang WANG Huazhong Agricultural University | Targeted Nutritional Effector Molecules Regulating Fish Feeding Behavior and Its Application in Intelligent Feeding Management |
| Prof. Deniz Nazire Çağdaş Ayvaz Hacettepe University | Prof. Yikun Yao Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis in Inborn Errors of Immunity and Cancer Immunotherapy |
| Prof. Erkan Tuncay Ankara University | Prof. Huaqian Yang Soochow University | Clinically approved PD-1 inhibitors regulate cardiac ion channel function to induce arrhythmia |
| Prof. Hasan Türkez Atatürk University | Dr. Xuexin Li China Medical University | AI and Big Data-Driven Druggability Evaluation of BUB1 in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: From Molecular Design to Mechanistic Analysis |
| Prof. Murat Kaya Istanbul Technical University | Prof. Lian-Sheng Zang Guizhou University | Development of Chitin-Protein Nanocarriers from Silkworm Biowaste for High-Efficiency Biopesticide Delivery |
| Dr. Onur Öztaş Koc University | Prof. Huairong Pan Hunan University | Transcriptional Regulation of the Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolic Network in Uninfected Root Nodule Cells and Its Application to the Intelligent Design of Alfalfa |
| Prof. Pınar Çalık Middle East Technical University | Prof. Jianguo Zhang University of Shanghai for Science and Technology | Metabolic engineering of Komagataella phaffii cells for antimicrobial peptide production from recycled carbon sources of agricultural and food processing residues |
| Assoc. Prof. Yunus Emre Tunçil Necmettin Erbakan University | Prof. Bin Zhang South China University of Technology | Conversion of Hazelnut Oil industry Waste into value-added products for better GUt health through Green Technologies |
