Support Staff

Project Principal Investigator For University: a doctorate/proficiency in arts/medical speciality and at least 30% of working time. For Public sector: at least a master’s degree in the project field, status as a public employee, and at least 30% of working time. For Private sector: at least a 4/four-year undergraduate degree in the relevant field, at least six months’ employment in the organisation as of the application date, and at least 40% of working time. The employment requirement may not be necessary for university staff with a doctorate who hold a concurrent duty and mission. The person must be a Turkish citizen residing in Türkiye or a foreign national working in Türkiye. Retired persons may participate with written approval, without remuneration or a Project Incentive Bonus (PTI).

Researcher

 For University: a doctorate/proficiency in arts/medical speciality and at least 10% of working time. For Public sector: at least a master’s degree in the relevant field, status as a public employee, and at least 10% of working time. Private sector: at least a 4/four-year undergraduate degree in the relevant field, at least six months’ employment in the organisation, and at least 10% of working time; the exception for concurrent academic duty and mission may be permitted.

Consultant

 Experts in the relevant field may serve as consultants for subsidiary project matters requiring specialist expertise, provided the justification is stated in the application. The number of consultants is limited to the number of such specialist matters.

Support Staff

The person must be employed by the PYK. A minimum 4/four-year undergraduate degree is required for administrative/technical specialists; a 2/ two-year technical associate degree for technicians; a2/ two-year associate degree for administrative staff; and graduation from a vocational/technical high school for technical staff.

Scholarship 

Holder Undergraduate/postgraduate students at higher education institutions in Türkiye (excluding special-status and preparatory students) and postdoctoral researchers may participate. At most 2/ two undergraduate scholarship holders may be engaged at the same time; they must be in their third year or above, should not be employed, and have a GPA of at least 2.5/4 or 65/100, or rank within the top 20% of their class. A postgraduate student’s field/thesis topic must be related to the project. A postdoctoral scholarship holder must hold an appropriate doctorate/speciality/proficiency in arts qualification, should not be employed, not hold the title of associate professor or above, and at most seven years may have elapsed between the award of the qualification and the application deadline. A TENMAK scholarship programme award may not be received concurrently.

Overseas Researcher

The researcher must contribute to a part of the project in which the domestic team has limited expertise. At most 1/one overseas researcher may be appointed to a project; the person may participate in more than one TENMAK project but may receive payment from only one. Each visit must last at least 30 days, and the total duration over the project may not exceed 6/six months. Travel and remuneration may be covered under procurement of services, provided that remuneration does not exceed 50% of the researcher’s full-time gross monthly salary abroad.

Personnel costs may be paid for an individual for at most : two projects as PYÖ/PY; or one project as PYÖ/PY and two projects as researcher/support staff; or for four projects as researcher/support staff.

Who May Not Take Part in the Project?

The head of the PYK and their deputies may not serve as project principal coordinator; they may serve as a researcher at most in one project.

Eligible Support Items

• Purchases of equipment, instruments, machinery, software and publications

• Consultancy and procurement of services

• Materials and consumables

• Costs of fixed-term personnel and project personnel who are not public employees

• Scholarship-holder expenses

• Project Incentive Bonus (PTI)

• Conferences, symposia, congresses, study visits and project travel

• Institutional share

• Other direct or indirect expenses required by the nature of the project

The budget must be prepared in accordance with the TAGEP Rules of Implementation and TENMAK’s monetary ceilings and rules.

Call Process

 The call announcement and call text are published on the TENMAK website.

Application Process

 Applications are made in a single stage via tendes.tenmak.gov.tr. The signed application form and its annexes must be submitted by hand or by post.

Evaluation Process

 Project proposals are first reviewed for procedural and formal compliance. Where necessary, the project manager/project coordinator may be invited to an interview. Eligible applications undergo a preliminary assessment by the Evaluation Commission for compliance with the call; in the cases specified on the relevant programme page, scientific, technical and financial evaluation is carried out by a panel or expert referees.

Monitoring Process

 The project is monitored through progress reports in accordance with the approved proposal form, the contract/instructions and TENMAK legislation. Reporting periods are set as 3/ three months at minimum and should not exceed 6/six months. The final progress period is covered in the final report; where deemed necessary, an on-site inspection may be conducted or the project manager/project coordinator may be invited to provide information.