TEDU-IRF Call for Proposals

Institutional Research Fund (TEDU-IRF)

2019-2020/III

Deadline: July 24^th, 2020

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 30.000 TL (excluding VAT). 

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 should 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) 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 and working hour.

• Undergraduate Student who already has social security registration à maximum 20 hours per month with 13 TL/hr (gross pay)
  • Undergraduate Student who does not have any prior social security registration à maximum 40 hours per month with 13 TL/hr (gross pay)
  • Graduate Student who already has social security registration à maximum 20 hours per month with 19,5 TL/hr (gross pay)
    • Graduate Student who does not have any prior social security registration à maximum 40 hours per month with 19,5 TL/hr (gross pay)
      
      

Important Issues:

• Application form and literature review should 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-19-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.
  
  
  

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