Bilkent University has announced that in 2021, a total of 30 faculty members were selected to receive funding from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under its 1001 and 3501 programs.
The purpose of the 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program is “to support projects that comply with scientific principles for generating new information, making scientific comments or solving technological problems,” while the 3501 Career Development Program is focused on providing project support for researchers who have received PhD degrees and are just beginning their careers.
Twenty-three Bilkent faculty members were selected to receive 1001 funding for their research projects, while seven were chosen to receive project funding under the 3501 program. Their names are listed below.
1001: Shervin Rahimzadeh Arashloo (CS), Cevdet Aykanat (CS), Michael Barbier (UNAM), Luca Biancofiore (ME), Tolga Çukur (EE), Uğur Doğrusöz (CS), Engin Durgun (UNAM), Ausaf Farooqui (UMRAM), Serkan Göktuna (MBG), Hulusi Kafalıgönül (UMRAM), Ferdi Karadaş (CHEM), Serkan Kasırga (UNAM), Emrah Özensoy (CHEM), Selver Şahin (IR), Zeki Sarıgil (POLS), İbrahim Sarpkaya (UNAM), Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker (UNAM), Manouchehr Takrimi (UMRAM), Cem Tekin (EE), Onur Tokel (PHYS), Yunus Emre Türkmen (CHEM), Gürkan Yeşilöz (UNAM), Yıldıray Yıldız (ME)
3501: Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy (LAW), Ayşegül Dündar (CS), Ali Karatutlu (UNAM), Ayşe Selin Kocaman (IE), Halil İbrahim Okur (CHEM), Eray Tüzün (CS), Gökhan Yıldırım (MATH)