2209-B - Industry Oriented Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students

The deadline for applications to the 2209-B University Students Industry-Oriented Research Projects Support Program for the year 2025 has been extended to November 18, 2025, at 17:30. Applications can be submitted through the TUBİTAK Management Information System (tybs.tubitak.gov.tr).

Industrial Enterprise refers to capital companies that are resident in Türkiye and that either (i) have an R&D center or a design center within the scope of Law No. 5746 on Supporting Research, Development and Design Activities, or (ii) operate within technology parks established under Law No. 4691 on Technology Development Zones, or (iii) conduct activities within Organized Industrial Zones under Law No. 4562, or (iv) are private sector organizations that have successfully completed at least one project supported by TÜBİTAK.

Click here to inquire about other institutions within our scope, apart from industrial enterprises operating under the Organized Industrial Zones Law.
 

• Support is provided for machine/equipment, consumables, travel, and service procurement expenses required for undergraduate projects prepared by students or student teams, aiming to solve an industrial problem and/or to improve or develop products/methods/processes with potential industrial application.

• Congress/conference participation, publication and patent fees, accommodation or per diem (food and beverage) expenses cannot be included in the 2209 project budget.

• Research projects may be supported for a maximum period of 12 months. Support recipients must complete their projects within one year following the announcement of the support decision on the TUBİTAK website.

• The maximum support amount is 12,000 TL.

• The IBAN number entered during the online application must belong to the student project leader.

• No subsistence is paid to students or consultants 

• Accommodation expenses are not covered.
   

Application Conditions

• The applicant must be enrolled in an associate or undergraduate program*.

• The project must be conducted under the supervision of an academic advisor and an industry advisor. A project may include at most one academic advisor and one industry advisor.

• The applicant must not be the project leader or partner in more than one application in the same period, nor in a previously funded 2209-A or 2209-B project whose support period is still active.

• No prior support must have been received from TÜBİTAK for the same project.

• Students may apply individually or as a team. In all applications, the project leader and the academic advisor are jointly responsible to TÜBİTAK. A project may include at most four project partners.

• The academic advisor and the industry advisor cannot be the same person.

• The project title must reflect the purpose and content of the research clearly and comprehensibly using scientific expressions.

• In all documents submitted during application—including title and proposal—no institution, organization, company, commercial product or brand shall be promoted. No discriminatory, exclusionary, or offensive expressions based on language, religion, race, sect, nationality, color, gender, political view, philosophical belief, national or social origin, birth, or economic status shall be used.

  * Open Education and Preparatory Class students cannot be project leaders or project partners.
  ** The academic advisor must have an up-to-date YÖK registration.

• Applications are submitted online via the TÜBİTAK Management Information System (TYBS).

• Applicants must ensure that all uploaded files open correctly and are accurate.

• The system closes at 17:30 on the last application day; submissions by email/post/fax are not accepted.

• Applicants must confirm the accuracy of the information entered and compliance with program requirements.

• Academic advisor information is verified via YÖKSİS (Higher Education Information System)  and ARBİS (Researcher Information System); thus, advisor information in both systems must be up to date.

• After the project leader submits the final confirmation, the application is sent to the academic advisor via email for approval.

• The academic advisor confirms the correctness of the information, accepts the advisory role, verifies the scientific field, confirms institutional adequacy, and agrees to comply with program obligations.

• If the advisor returns the application for revision, the student may correct and resubmit it.

• Once approved by the advisor, the application is sent to the Institutional Authority of the student's university for e-signature (https://eimza.tubitak.gov.tr).

• After this signature, the application becomes valid.

• Tracking these steps is the responsibility of both the project leader and the academic advisor.

• Withdrawal requests require a signed petition sent electronically (bideb2209b@tubitak.gov.tr) within 1 month after the call closing date.
   

Applications are evaluated in two stages

Preliminary examination

• During the preliminary review stage, the application information and documents are examined. Applications that do not meet any of the eligibility requirements, contain missing documents, are not in the required format, are not approved in the system by the application deadline, or are submitted via fax or e-mail are eliminated at this stage without proceeding to scientific evaluation.

• Applications in which the research proposal is not prepared in the format prescribed by TÜBİTAK, does not comply with the minimum character limits stated in the template, or is not written in Turkish are also eliminated during the preliminary review.
   

Scientific Evaluation

Applications that pass the preliminary review are evaluated by advisory board members or panelists/external reviewers who are experts in their fields, based on the following criteria:

• Scientific merit of the research proposal (35%)

• Methodology (25%)

• Project management (20%)

• Industry-oriented outputs and potential impact (20%)

Evaluation is based solely on documents uploaded to the system.
Support thresholds may vary for strategic priority areas.
Balanced distribution across universities and disciplines may be considered.
Projects focused on environmentally friendly, sustainable, climate-neutral technologies may be funded under the TÜBİTAK–UNIDO collaboration if the project leader is a woman or an international student.
Results are announced via the BİDEB Application and Monitoring System: https://ebideb.tubitak.gov.tr/giris.htm
 

Initiation of Support
 

• Supported applicants must upload the signed and stamped Industry Approval Letter to the BİDEB system within the timeframe communicated via email.

• If the project requires ethics approval, an Ethics Committee Approval or Ethics Committee Exemption Letter must also be uploaded.

• Only after these steps, and after compliance checks, the support payment is made to the student’s bank account.
  Monitoring and Finalization

• All project expenses must be documented with invoices.

• Durable equipment must be registered in the university inventory after project completion, and proof of record must be available.

• Invoices must be issued in the name of the project leader or project partners.

• Receipts without a beneficiary name (except fuel receipts) are invalid.

• Undocumented or unused funds must be returned to the TÜBİTAK bank account indicated on the website.

• Support continuation is the joint responsibility of the project leader and academic advisor.
   

Monitoring and Completion:
 

• Advisor changes require written approval from both current and new advisors and must be submitted for GYK evaluation.

• Partner changes require written consent from both the departing and incoming students; however, the number of project partners cannot be changed after project initiation.

• No partner or advisor changes are accepted if less than 3 months remain until project end.
  Publication Obligations:

• All outputs (articles, papers, books, chapters, etc.) must be reported to TÜBİTAK via the BİDEB system.

• TÜBİTAK support must be acknowledged in all publications and activities, and the official TÜBİTAK logo must be used where applicable.

• The final report and expenditure table must be uploaded before the project deadline.

• The academic advisor must review and approve all materials.

• Inventory documents and invoices must be provided upon TÜBİTAK’s request.

• Reports are evaluated by appointed reviewers; revisions may be requested.

• Failure to submit or revise reports may result in termination or cancellation of the project.
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Obligations

• The project leader, partners, and academic advisor are jointly responsible for fulfilling all requirements of the program.

• All participants must comply with TÜBİTAK Research and Publication Ethics Committee (AYEK) Regulation ethical rules and general research ethics.

• All notifications are made electronically; contact information in ARBİS must be accurate and up to date.

• The project coordinator is obliged to fully comply with all principles, rules, and obligations outlined in the “Guideline on the Responsible and Reliable Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Research Funding Processes” in the preparation, submission, and subsequent use of the project proposal and all project-specific information. The coordinator assumes full responsibility for providing complete and accurate information regarding the use of GenAI tools throughout this process.

• The academic advisor is responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, currency, and scientific reliability of all content—texts, visuals, analyses, recommendations, and similar materials—generated using GenAI tools and included in the project documents and attachments. The advisor must make all necessary revisions and adjustments, assume final responsibility for the submitted content, and fully comply with all principles, rules, and obligations stated in the “Guideline on the Responsible and Reliable Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in TÜBİTAK Research Funding Processes.”
   

Regulation and Principles

1. Procedures and Principles Governing the Execution of Scholarship and Support Programmes of the TÜBİTAK Scientist Support Programs Presidency

2. Regulation on the Programmes Conducted by the TÜBİTAK Scientist Support Programs Presidency

3. Directive on the Evaluation and Monitoring of Applications and Reports within BİDEB Scholarship and Support Programmes through Panel/Reviewer/Advisory Board Methods

In special cases not specified in the relevant legislation or the call announcement, the decisions of the Executive Committee (GYK) shall apply.

TÜBİTAK BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION (TL)

Account Name: TÜBİTAK STRATEJİ GELİŞTİRME DAİRE BAŞKANLIĞI

Name of Bank and Branch: VAKIFBANK ATATÜRK BULVARI ŞUBESİ

IBAN No: TR49 0001 5001 5800 7290 1092 35

TÜBİTAK-BİDEB 2209/B
Industry Oriented Research Support Programme

TÜBİTAK Bilim İnsanı Destek Programları Başkanlığı

Adress: TÜBİTAK Başkanlık Binası
Tunus Caddesi No:80 Kavaklıdere
ÇANKAYA/ANKARA PK:06100

Tel: 444 66 90
e-mail: bideb2209b@tubitak.gov.tr