TÜBİTAK 2232-A: International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Programme
TÜBİTAK 2232-A: International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Programme
The 2232-A Programme supports leading researchers with international experience to come to Türkiye and continue their research here, hosted by higher education institutions, public institutions, research infrastructures under Law 6550, TÜBİTAK centers/institutes, private sector companies with R&D or design centers, and technopark companies.
📅 Call Timeline:
- Opening: 27 September 2025
- Closing: 24 November 2025 (17:30 GMT+3)
Applications will be submitted online via the TYBS.
✅ Eligibility:
- Applicants must not have spent more than 1 year in Türkiye in the last 3 years and must not be working in Türkiye at the opening of the call (force majeure and mandatory military service excluded).
- Experience requirement: Applicants must have at least 3 years of postdoctoral academic/team leader experience or
- Independent research abroad, or
- At least 3 years of post-graduate private sector experience abroad with a total of at least 6 years of full-time R&D experience (maximum 1 year for thesis-based MSc and 3 years for PhD counted in the total).
- Prestige/Institution threshold: Applicants must have been listed in HCR in the last 5 years, or have spent more than 30 months in the last 5 years at top institutions/companies including QS/THE top 100 universities, JRC top 2500 R&D companies, Scimago top 250 institutions, or top-funded Unicorn/Start-up companies.
📂 Support Scope and Duration:
- Duration: 24–36 months
- Research start-up package, project support, PI grant, family living allowance, health insurance, and travel support.
- Support for up to 5 researchers in the project team (Maximum 2 MSc, 1 postdoc).
- PTI for researchers and institutional share for host organization.
💶 Funding Opportunities:
- Research Start-up Package: 4,700,000 ₺
- Research Support: Up to 2,400,000 ₺
- PTI: 2,500 ₺/month
- Host institution share/general expenses: 18,000 ₺/month
- PI Grant (Experienced Researcher): 156,000 ₺/month
- Family living allowance: 12,000 ₺/month
- Health insurance: 370 ₺/person
- Travel support: ticket cost for arrival
📌 Additional Notes:
- Proposal format must be in English.
- Only one invitation letter from a host institution can be used; assigning an advisor is optional.
📌 Useful Documents:
