Joint call for proposals by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) is now open
Joint call for proposals by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (Foundation) is now open.
The call aims to develop cooperation between Georgian and Turkish higher educational institutions, scientific and research centers, and to strengthen collaboration between the Georgian and Turkish teams of scientists.
The joint call of 2017 offers funding for the joint research projects for Georgian and Turkish researcher teams.
- The team of Georgian researchers should have a Principal Investigator (PI) from Georgia and the Turkish team should have one from Turkey. Turkish and Georgian partners will submit a joint online application in English via TUBITAK’s online system, that can be accessed at uidb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr until February 15, 2018. The duration of a project should not exceed 24 months and the Georgian partners that are eligible for funding can receive up to 30.000 GEL per project, 15 000 GEL annually.
Georgian participants should submit the required documents to the Foundation till 15:00 on March 1st, 2018.
- A copy of the full project proposal in English - registered at the TUBITAK online system;
- A complete version of the project proposal translated in Georgian by the Translation Bureau;
- A statement by the Georgian research team, signed by the Principal Investigator and the key personnel;
- The identification documents and proof of academic degree of the Principal Investigator and the key personnel from Georgia. If the aforementioned documents are not issued in Georgia, it should be accompanied with the approval by the LEPL National Education Quality Enhancement Center of Georgia. Academic degrees issued in the USSR do not require Georgian translation and approval;
- Professional Biography (CV) of the key personnel of the project; (Annex #3 Georgian and English versions);
- Letter of co-financing, indicating the amount of co-financing (in case of such), signed by the head of the corresponding legal entity or by the person (Annex #4).
View the annexes related to the Call:
Decree by the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia;
Decree by the Director General of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia;
Terms of the Joint Call (Annex №1);
Statement by the key personnel (Annex №2);
CV of a Scientist Georgian / English (Annex №3);
Letter of Co-financing (Annex №4);
Budget Classifier (Annex №5);
Information about the Call is also available at the TUBITAK’s website.
For additional questions, you can contact the coordinators of the call:
Mariam Keburia
Tel: +995 322 200 220 (4022)
Email: keburia@rustaveli.org.ge
Giorgi Tsotsoria
Tel: +995 322 200 220 (4445)
Email: tsotsoria@rustaveli.org.ge
Tamta Shkubuliani
Tel: +995 322 200 220 (4445)
Email: tshkubuliani@rustaveli.org.ge