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 Support Program for Industrial R&D Projects (R&D Assistance)
EUREKA Industrial R&D Support
Support Program for Project Markets
Small & Medium-Size Enterprises R&D Starting Support Program
Support Program for Technology and Innovation-Focused Enterprises
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In 2006, 171 million YTL of non-repayable support was provided from the sources of TÜBİTAK-DTM, within the scope of the support programs for the R&D projects implemented by companies in Turkey. The budget of these support programs for 2007 is approximately 330 million YTL. |
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| By the end of 2006, 3,000 companies had made 4,400 applications for the programs. 3,200 of these projects had been supported, 1,700 of them came to a successful conclusion, and the evaluation and support process for 1,300 projects are continuing. |
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 Participation in EU Framework Programs: The task of national coordination of EU Framework Programs is being implemented by TÜBİTAK’s EU Programs National Coordination Office. The National Coordination System was established in 2003, and it has been strengthened over the last three years with the coordinated activities implemented by the shareholders. At the National Coordination System for the Framework Programs, the communication with the research and innovation actors of the country is furnished by means of National Contact Points (UIN) and Institutional Contact Points (KIN). |
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Institutional Contact Points are contributing to effective participation in the program especially by transferring the information about 7th FP, regularly transmitted to them from TÜBİTAK’s EU Programs National Coordination Office (UKO), to the authorities at their institutions. After comprehensive work strengthen the Institutional Contact Points System, the structure representing 134 different organizations (research centers, industrial organizations and groups, private sector, public organizations and the universities) has been restructured. Within that framework, the Institutional Contact
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| Points has been given the task of reinforcing the bridge between the National Coordination Office and the other institutions. |
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Since 2002, within the scope of the 6 FP and the preparations for the 7th FP, almost 500 information and training activities (Thematic Conference, General Informing Day, Thematic Informing Day, Workshop, and Training) have been held in cities throughout Turkey with more than 26,000 participants. |
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| UKO is attending 33 projects (the coordination of three of these projects are under the responsibility of UKO) funded by European Commission, for the purpose of strengthening the project development capacities of universities, SMEs, NGOs, and research institutions, within the scope of Framework Programs. |
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As the performance of the country is evaluated for the period of the 6 FP, it can be seen that the performance of the institutions participating to the program rises every year.
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