Call for Proposals Institutional Research Fund (TEDU-IRF) 2018-2019/2
Deadline: April 26th, 2019
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”. 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 25.000 TL.
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:
- Literature Review (max. 5 pages)
- Proforma Invoices
- Letter of Intent (required in the case of collaboration with other institutions)
- Ethics Committee Approval and/or other required Legal/Institutional Permissions
- Timetable (Project Calendar)
- Budget Plan (which has been provided within the call announcement e-mail)
- Risk Analysis (Technical, Operational, and Financial Risks should be mentioned -where relevant- and respective mitigation actions & contingency plans should be proposed)
Student Support Rates:
This budget item cannot be more than half of the total budget according to the TEDU-IRF Directive
- Undergraduate Student with social security : maximum 20 hours with 11,5 TL/hr
- Undergraduate Student without social security : maximum 40 hours with 11,5 TL/hr
- Graduate Student with social security : maximum 20 hours with 15 TL/hr
- Graduate Student without social security : maximum 40 hours with 15 TL/hr
Please refer to Inst. Directive to learn more about TEDU-IRF which was recently revised on Nov. 1st, 2018. For more information and language support please contact Directorate of Research, Technology & Innovation.