In 2024, awards will be given in four categories as TÜBİTAK Science, Special, Service and Incentive Awards by The Scientific And Technological Research Council of Türkiye.
TÜBİTAK Science Award: It is awarded to living scientists who have made significant contributions to science at the international level with their studies in Türkiye.
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TÜBİTAK Speacial Award: As an equivalent of the Science Award, it is given to living scientists who are citizens of the Republic of Türkiye and have contributed to science at the international level with their studies abroad.
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TÜBİTAK Service Award: It is awarded to people who have made outstanding services to the development of science and technology in Türkiye. Deceased scientists may also be nominated for the Service Award.
Click here for TÜBİTAK Service Award winners in previous years.
TÜBİTAK Incentive Award: It is given to scientists residing in Türkiye who have proven through their studies that they have the qualifications to make significant contributions to science at the international level in the future. The candidate should be under the age of 40 on the first day of the year when the award is given. You can click on the link below for those who received the TÜBİTAK Incentive Award in previous years.
Click for TÜBİTAK Incentive Award winners in previous years.
Application and Evaluation Process
Candidates for the Incentive Award can apply personally or be nominated. Individual applications cannot be made for the Science, Special and Service Awards, a nomination is required.
The following institutions or individuals can nominate to TÜBİTAK Science, Special, Service and Incentive Awards
Those who have received TÜBİTAK Science, Special, Service Award or TÜBİTAK-TWAS Science Award in the past
Council of Higher Education
Türkiye Academy Of Sciences
Senates or Boards of Directors of Universities
The highest decision-making bodies of public and private sector institutions and organizations operating in scientific and technological fields
TÜBİTAK R&D and R&D Facility Units Boards of Directors and TÜBİTAK Research Groups Executive Committees (in their fields of activity).
Applications for TÜBİTAK Science, Special, Service and Incentive Awards are made through the Awards Application System, which can be accessed at https://oduller.tubitak.gov.tr The candidate who will apply for the award and the nominating person or the highest official of the institution/organization must have a current registration in ARBİS, otherwise they must complete a "New User Registration".
The requested documents must be completely uploaded to the Application System.
After the application phase is completed, the "Acceptance Commitment and Declaration Form" must be signed with an e-signature by the candidate and the person nominating the candidate or the highest authorized manager of the nominating institution/organization. Candidates who are abroad and cannot use e-signature during the application can sign the printout of the application form and send the scanned version of the relevant form first by e-mail and then by mail or courier to our contact address below.
The nominator must add the type of award which has previously received from TÜBİTAK and the year of receiving the award to the relevant tab in the application system. If the nominator is the university senate/board of directors, the rector's signature must be present in the application system. If the vice rector has been given power of attorney regarding the work and transactions related to TÜBİTAK Award applications, or if the vice rector is deputizing the rector at the time the application is made, the relevant power of attorney document must be uploaded to the system.
Only one of the Science, Special, Service and Incentive Award categories can be applied in the same period.
Applications can be made maximum 3 times for each type of award: Science, Special, Service and Incentive Awards. Applications made before 2010 are not included in this number.
Candidates born in 1983 or before cannot apply for the Incentive Award.
Scientists who won the TÜBA-GEBİP Award in 2021, 2022 and 2023 can apply for the 2024 TÜBİTAK Incentive Award even if they are over 40 years old.
For female applicants, one year is added to the age limit of 40 for each birth.
Those who applied for the TÜBA GEBİP - Outstanding Young Scientist Awards (GEBİP) and the TÜBA International Academy Awards in 2024 cannot apply for the TÜBİTAK Science, Special, Service and Incentive Awards in 2024.
For Science, Special and Incentive Awards; Candidates are expected to explain their reasons for deserving the award in a maximum of 750 words and to support this explanation with publications to which primary contributions have been made. A copy of the 5 publications specified in the "Publications Selected Within the Framework of Reason" heading should be uploaded to the "Additional Files". The candidate's contributions to these 5 publications and the candidate’s contribution to these publications should be explained in a maximum of 250 words. If the candidate has contributed to more than one subject, all but the most significant contribution should be separated by subject. A copy of each of the maximum 15 publications under the heading "Other Scientific Publications within the Framework of Justification" should be uploaded to the "Additional Files" and a description text not exceeding 500 words should be added.
Publications that constitute a primary contribution to a candidate's application (The 5 Publications Selected Within the Framework of the Reason) cannot be used in another candidate's application for the same type of award. TÜBİTAK has the right to investigate the statement for publications declared to have made primary contributions. Although it is declared that the candidate has made a primary contribution to the relevant publication, if it is determined that the candidate has not made a primary contribution to any of these publications, the application will not be evaluated. In addition, “The 5 Publications Selected Within the Framework of the Reason” must be independent of the candidate's doctorate study.
For the Service Award; applications must include the reasons why candidates deserve the award and the relevant document supporting these reasons, if any. In the justification; It should be explained in a maximum of 750 words within the scope of the following subjects;
To train scientists
To work for the institutionalization of the branch of science in which the candidate belongs to
How the candidate has provided superior service to the development of science and technology in Türkiye,
Establishing or significantly contributing to the establishment of scientific institutions and organizations.
If the person to be nominated is not alive, the application form must be downloaded, filled out and sent to the address below, along with other documents, if any. For the Service Award Application Form, you can e-mail to oduller@tubitak.gov.tr.
TÜBİTAK Science, Special and Service Awards are given in the fields of Basic Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Health Sciences, Social and Human Sciences. The Incentive Award is given in the fields of Basic Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Health Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Polar Studies.
The number of Science Awards cannot exceed eight, the number of Special Awards cannot exceed four, the number of Service Awards cannot exceed four, and the number of Incentive Awards cannot exceed twenty.
Plaques and certificates are given according to the type of the awards. Science, Special and Incentive Awards include in-kind or cash awards determined by the TÜBİTAK Board of Directors each year. To be used in their domestic research, Science and Incentive Award winners are also given research support in an amount determined by the Board of Directors each year (1,650,000TL for 2024).
All evaluations and opinions formed during the award evaluation process, as well as the names of the referees/advisors whose evaluations were consulted and the opinions given by them, are confidential and are outside the scope of the right to information in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 26 of Law No. 4982.
Applications will be accepted until 07 July 2024, at 17.00 (UTC+3).
The winners of the Science, Special, Service and Incentive Awards are announced in the same year and the awards are given to their winners at a ceremony.
Contact information:
TÜBİTAK Board of Directors Secretariat Unit
Tunus Caddesi, No:80
06680, Kavaklıdere-Ankara
e-mail: oduller@tubitak.gov.tr
Phone Number: +90 312 298 11 32
