Atatürk University's 9 projects qualify for TÜBİTAK 1001 support

TÜhe evaluation results for the first term of 2026 of the "1001-Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program" yürüuütüted by the TÜBİTAK Research Support Programs Directorate have been announced. In this period,ö where 528 project proposalsç were decided to be scientifically supported across Tçurkey, 9 projectsü prepared by Atatürk University ö academics also qualified for support.ö With this result, theü U Üniversity ranked among the higher education institutions with the most projects supported in Turkey. According to institutional data,

Ü while 9 of Atatürkç University's 34 applications were accepted,ü the periodic support rateü wasö 26.5 percent.ö NINE ACADEMICSü FROM Ü SIX FACULTIESö The supported projectsü were prepared in different fields ranging from engineering to health sciences, and from basic sciences to social and humanities.ç The

project leadershipÜ is undertaken by nine academics

working in six faculties.ü Mî anyü ofü theseü projectsü aimü toü contributeü toü nationalö scientific ü development.

Müfrom the Faculty of Engineering,üProf. Dr. Ahmet Tortum and Prof. Dr. Burak Dikici; from the Faculty of Medicine,üProf. Dr. Eda Balkan; from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,üProf. Dr. Hamza Avcıoğlu and Assoc.çProf. Dr. İsmail Bolat qualified to receive support as projectüexecüuütüiveü s. From the Faculty of Science,üAssoc.çProf. Dr. Küübra Koçç and Prof. Dr. ÖÖzgürüAltan Bozdemir, from the Faculty of Letters,üAssoc.çProf. Dr. NihangülüDaştan, and from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,üAssoc.çProf. Dr. Tuna Batuhan were also among the project execüuütüiveüs of the accepted projects.

The projects were distributed among theÜTÜBİTAKüMAG, SBAG, SOBAG, TOVAG, AYDAG, and KBAG research groups. Two of the supported projects were evaluated under the Engineering Research Support Group, two under the Health Sciences Research Support Group, and two under the Social and Human ÇSciences Research Support Group. One project each also received support from the Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary; Environment, Atmosphere, Earth and Marine Sciences; and Chemistry and Biology research groups.üEVALUATION FROMî RECTOR ÇÇOMAKLI

AtatürkÖUniversity RectorÜProf. Dr. Ömer ÇomaklıÜevaluated the success of the academics.

Stating thatüAtatürk University continues to contribute to science, ÜÇomaklı congratulated theöacademics.ü Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hacımüuüfoğlu, evaluated the result obtained üas a concrete output of the university's researchücuülütü iüçvation çefforts. çHacım

uüfoğlu stated that the success achieved by researchers from six facüulties in different scientific fieldsüdemonstrates the university's interdisciplinary research str üeünügü th,öand expressed that they will continue to support scientific research and project development procüesçsesücontinuüously.

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