Support Programs

TEYDEB undertakes several support Programs in line with its objectives:
Industrial R&D Funding Program
Industrial R&D Funding Program is a general bottom-up Program which is aimed to fund national R&D projects offered by Turkish companies. Project proposals can be submitted on any working days and there is no specific application deadline or cut-off date for applications. The grant ratio provided by this Program can be up to 60 % of a project’s budget and support duration of the projects is maximum 3 years.

EUREKA Programme
EUREKA Programme is mainly based on “Industrial R&D Funding Program” and it is targeted to support EUREKA projects in a favorable way which means that 60% of the eligible costs of these projects are provided to the companies as a grant. 

Project Brokerage Events Funding Programme
Project Brokerage events Funding Programme was created to support project brokerage events organized by universities.

SME Funding Programme
The first two projects of SMEs are supported with a higher ratio by this Programme (75% of eligible cost for each project will be provided to company as a grant). Only SMEs which are not granted previously by TUBITAK can apply for the grant and their first couple projects budget up to 400,000 YTL (approx. 210,000 €) will be supported. The duration of support for a project cannot exceed 18 months.

Techno-entrepreneurship Funding Programme
The program aims to support young entrepreneurs lacking of enough financial resources to realize their innovative and R&D based project ideas having a potential to create high added value in near future. Senior students or new graduates with undergraduate and graduate degrees are welcomed to apply for this program. Projects proposed by young entrepreneurs with a budget up to 100,000 YTL (approx. 50,000 €) will be supported and duration of the supported project cannot exceed 12 months.

All the programs are only open to any national applicants but also branches of international firms legally established in Turkey as Turkish firms may also apply for funding under these programs.

How to apply '
To apply for the listed programs offered by TEYDEB, please first contact with TÜBİTAK TEYDEB from the following address:

TÜBİTAK - Teknoloji ve Yenilik Destek Programları Başkanlığı (TEYDEB)
Atatürk Bulvarı No:221 06100 Kavaklıdere/ANKARA
Tel   : (0312) 467 1801 - (0312) 467 3295
Faks: (0312) 427 4305
E-posta: teydeb@tubitak.gov.tr
Web: www.teydeb.tubitak.gov.tr

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