Guidelines for Project Personnel
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Under YÖK-ADEP projects, only graduate students enrolled at Boğaziçi University may be appointed as full-time research personnel (with full social security coverage under the Turkish Social Security Institution (SGK)) or as scholarship recipients.
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Each project may include a maximum of two (2) graduate students employed as full-time research personnel and two (2) graduate students appointed as scholarship recipients concurrently.
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The full-time research personnel positions may also be filled by postdoctoral researchers (postdocs). Accordingly, different staffing combinations are permitted within these positions, such as one postdoctoral researcher and one graduate student (master's or doctoral) together with two scholarship recipients, or two postdoctoral researchers together with two scholarship recipients.
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For full-time research personnel, the minimum monthly salary is the current statutory minimum wage. Salary requests may be made within the applicable minimum and maximum funding limits, provided that they are not lower than the statutory minimum wage. The maximum salary limits are provided below:
| Research Personnel | Net Monthly Salary |
Total Monthly Cost |
Total Annual Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Student | TRY 28,075.50 | TRY 3,303.00 | TRY 396,360.00 |
| Master's Student | TRY 40.000,00 | TRY 58.700,00 | TRY 704.400,00 |
| Doctoral Student | TRY 50.000,00 | TRY 72.900,00 | TRY 874.800,00 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | TRY 60.000,00 | TRY 87.400,00 | TRY 1.048.800,00 |
5. Graduate students may also be appointed to projects as scholarship recipients. Scholarship amounts are determined by the Strategy Development Department of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). The current funding limits are as follows:
| Scholarship Recipient | Gross Monthly Scholarship | Annual Cost |
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| Master's Student | TRY 12.000,00 | TRY 144.000,00 |
| Doctoral Student | TRY 18.000,00 | TRY 216.000,00 |
Eligibility Criteria for Scholarship Recipients
Applicants appointed as scholarship recipients must satisfy the following eligibility criteria:
- Be resident in Türkiye.
- Be under 40 years of age.
- Not be employed by any institution or organization.
- Not be receiving a domestic graduate scholarship under a TÜBİTAK Graduate Scholarship Program during the same period.
- Not be serving as a scholarship recipient under another project during the same period.
- A maximum of two (2) scholarship recipients may be appointed to a single project.
- A scholarship recipient may not participate in more than one project concurrently. Furthermore, once a project has entered into force, the number of scholarship recipients may not be increased.
Important Note: Students enrolled in the Remedial Program are not eligible to participate in projects as either research personnel or scholarship recipients.
Budget Updates
If the statutory minimum wage or the YÖK scholarship amounts are revised during the project period, supplementary funding will be provided automatically by the system for personnel costs that fall below the updated minimum levels. The Principal Investigator is not required to take any action, and the corresponding salary or scholarship adjustments will be reflected automatically.
