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Institutional Research Fund (TEDU-IRF) Call for Proposals

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH FUND (TEDU-IRF)
2020-2021/II

Deadline: April 21st, 2021 

TEDU - IRF is one of the research endorsements provided by TED University to support and enhance research at TEDU. TEDU-IRF also acts as a “Seed Fund” for faculty members. By making an application to TEDU-IRF, researchers pledge that no double-funding[1] exists for the budget items proposed in the application.

Criteria for Proposals: 
For the scientific excellence and impact, the project proposals are expected to; 

  • support institutional strategy, principles, and research priorities of TEDU
  • make a significant contribution to science and society 
  • possess strong, authentic and novel scientific quality
  •  have a potential to advance the state-of-the-art and generate new intellectual property 


For the quality and efficiency of the implementation; the project proposals are expected to; 

  • have sufficient and relevant resources to develop its activities in the most suitable conditions
  • define clear, realistic and achievable project goals, methodology and outputs
  • allocate the tasks and resources with respect to time and budget properly with relevant justifications  


Funding Information:
Maximum amount of budget for each project cannot exceed 35.000 TL (excluding VAT). 

Duration:
The maximum duration of projects should be 24 months.

Eligibility Criteria: 
Applications are accepted from TEDU full-time faculty members. Principle Investigators (PI) of ongoing IRF projects are not eligible to submit new applications. New applications are not permitted to the subsequent IRF call, if a funded PI fails to submit its final report within the project time-frame. 

How to Apply: 
Applications will be made through TEDU Portal according to the instructions given in this Call for Proposals document and TEDU-IRF Directive. To access the IRF Application Form; open Research Endorsements tile/app in TEDU Portal and select “Create Application”. Please don’t forget to select “Institutional Research Fund” as Project Type.

Required Documents which should be uploaded to the system:
The following documents must be uploaded to the system in order to make the application pass the conformity assessment and advance through the scientific evaluation phase.

  • Literature Review (max. 5 pages)
  • Timetable (Project Calendar)
  • Budget Plan
  • Risk Analysis (Technical, Operational, and Financial Risks should be mentioned -where relevant- and respective mitigation actions & contingency plans should be proposed)
  • Proforma Invoices (if the project application contains budget items other than student support, those items should be accompanied with proforma invoices)
  • Letter of Intent (required in the case of collaboration with other institutions)
  • Ethics Committee Approval (if the proposed project topic contains ethical issues)/ Ethics exemption letters and/or other required Legal/Institutional Permissions (if third party infrastructure or Intellectual Property will be used in the project)


Student Support Rates:

This budget item should be calculated by using following unit cost per working hour rates:

  • Undergraduate Student who already has social security registration : maximum 20 hours per month with TL 12.1 /hr (gross pay)
  • Undergraduate Student who does not have any prior social security registration : maximum 40 hours per month with TL 12.1 /hr (gross pay)
  • Graduate Student who already has social security registration : maximum 20 hours per month with TL 24.2 /hr (gross pay)
  • Graduate Student who does not have any prior social security registration : maximum 40 hours per month with TL 24.2 /hr (gross pay)


Important Issues:

  • Application form and literature review must be in English.
  • Before deciding equipment, software & service pro. budget items that will be requested within the project; it should be first ensured that those are not available for use within TEDU premises.
  • Travel item should be used only for realization of project activities, not for dissemination purposes (conference/training/workshop participation). TEDU-KAF and/or Congress Participation Support Program for Undergraduate and Graduate Students (Budget Code: T-20-B2024-31572) are in place for conference/training/workshop participation.
  • Please do not include your personal information in the content of neither the application form nor the mandatory documents.


[1] The situation where the same costs for the same activity are funded twice.

 

 

Please refer to Inst. Directive to learn more about TEDU-IRF which was revised on May 4th, 2020.
For more information and language support please contact Directorate of Research, Technology & Innovation.