TÜBİTAK 4005 Innovative Educational Applications Support Program
The 2025 call for the TÜBİTAK 4005 Innovative Education Applications Support Program, run by the TÜBİTAK Science and Society Directorate, has been opened for applications. The program aims to interactively provide and disseminate innovative approaches, strategies, methods, and techniques specific to the fields of graduate students, faculty members, teachers, and science center employees. Projects are expected to include learner-centered, interactive activities enriched with digital technologies and innovative teaching methods.
📅 Call Timeline
- Call Opening: 7 November 2025
- Call Deadline: 8 December 2025 17.30
- Activity Period: 13 April 2026 – 31 October 2026
📌 Applications must be made via TÜBİTAK PBS.
✅ Eligibility
- Must have at least a Master's degree (with or without thesis) and be a Turkish citizen residing in Turkey.
- Must be a full-time, permanent staff member at a public institution, university, municipality, or a science center operated by public/municipal entities.
- Must not hold administrative positions specified in the Call Text (For universities: Rectors, Deans, Institute Directors (excluding Research Institutes), Directors of Higher Schools, Directors of Vocational Schools, and assistants/deputies of these listed titles cannot be project coordinators).
- Projects must be aimed at: graduate students, academic staff (öğretim elemanları) at universities, teachers, or science center employees.
- Each activity period must include at least 24 participants.
📂 Support Scope and Duration
- Maximum 9 months.
- Each activity period must be at least 4 days. For projects with accommodation, the duration is limited to a maximum of 7 days (6 nights).
- Scope (Eligible Costs funded by TÜBİTAK):
- Machinery/Equipment (Cannot exceed 15% of the total support limit).
- Consumables.
- Travel expenses (Excludes inner-city transport, personal vehicle fuel, and taxi fares).
- Expert/consultancy fees (Within set limits for instructors, guides, health personnel, etc.).
- Subsistence (Max 900 TL/day per person, VAT incl.).
- Accommodation (Max 1,800 TL/day per person, VAT incl.).
- Scientific meeting participation fee (Max 2,100 TL for one person per project).
- Promotional printing costs (Posters, brochures, etc. Cannot exceed 3% of the total support limit).
Ineligible Costs: General-purpose devices (computers, printers, cameras), software, production (animation), venue rental, maintenance/repair, construction, and promotional website design are not supported.
💶 Funding Opportunities
- Support Upper Limit: 425,000 TL (VAT included, PTI excluded).
- Institutional Share is Not applicable.
- Project Incentive Bonus (PTI): 25,000 TL for the project coordinator.
- If the project involves multiple activity periods for different target groups (each min. 4 days), the PTI is 35,000 TL.
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