The results of the 2026 YÖK Research Universities Support Program (ADEP), which is conducted to strengthen the research infrastructure of research universities, develop international collaborations, train qualified human resources, and transform scientific productivity into economic and sectoral value, have been announced.

Following a detailed review by the YÖK Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, project proposals submitted by 15 faculty members from Boğaziçi University have been officially selected for the support.

Spanning a wide interdisciplinary spectrum from health and artificial intelligence to electronics, social sciences, and education, the supported projects and their principal investigators are listed below:

Supported Projects and Principal Investigators:

• Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Emrehan Emre (CHE) – "Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Prediction of Macroscopic Properties in Ion-Conducting Nanofiber Networks"
• Prof. Dr. Arzu Çelik Fuss (MBG) – "Elucidating the mTOR–REDOX Interaction in mTORopathies Using Drosophila and Human Neuronal Cells"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşenur İşcen Akatay (CHEM) – "Multiple Receptor Recognition and Membrane Fusion in Ebolavirus Glycoprotein"
• Prof. Dr. Berat Açıl (TKL) – "The Impact of Allusion in Prose Works on the Formation of the Classical Turkish Literature Tradition: An Analysis of the Interaction of Classical Turkish Literature with Arabic-Persian Literary Traditions"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Bora Akgün (PHYS) – "Femtosecond Laser Microfluidic Chip Production Platform Integrated with In-Situ Confocal Imaging"
• Prof. Dr. Cengizhan Öztürk (BME) – "Development of a Clinically Applicable Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Hyperspectral Optical Urine Analyzer"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Emine Sümeyra Turalı Emre (BME) – "Creation of a Machine Learning-Compatible Experimental Data Library for Antibacterial Design: Quantitative Mapping of the Chiral NP–Protein Interface"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Erhan Keleş (MBG) – "Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Discovery of Mutant-Selective Allosteric Inhibitors for Oncogenic PI3Kα"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Fazilet Zeynep Keleş (PSY) – "Biomimetic Neural Network Models for Developmental Visual Crowding"
• Prof. Dr. İbrahim Delen (SCED) – "EdA: Development and Testing of an AI-Assisted Educational Evaluation Assistant with an Interdisciplinary Sustainability Module"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Saadeddin Öztürk (BME) – "Machine Learning-Assisted Optical Method for Rapid Microbial Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (ID–AST)"
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Haroon Qureshi (MBG) – "A Cortical Actomyosin Regulator Under NMD Control: Coordinating the Mechanics of Cleavage, Cell Motility, and Extracellular Signaling"
• Prof. Dr. Nesrin Erkol (MBG) – "Biomarker-Targeted Melanoma and Glioblastoma Cancer Immunotherapy via Triadic Patented ASC Microsphere Technology"
• Prof. Dr. Özhan Özatay (PHYS) – "Spintronics-Based Neuromorphic Computing"
• Prof. Dr. Paolo Girardelli (HIST) – "From Archives to Cultural Landscape"

As the Boğaziçi University Project Office, we sincerely congratulate all our faculty members who contribute significantly to our vision as a research university, and we wish them great success throughout their project implementation processes.