Fully Funded Fellowship in Turkey 2018/19 by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) grants fellowships for international highly qualified PhD students and young post-doctoral researchers to pursue their research in Turkey.

Benefits

The scope of the program includes a monthly stipend, travel expenses, and private health insurance cost.

• A monthly stipend of 2,500 Turkish Liras
• Travel costs (round trip up to 2,250 TL) and private health insurance premiums (up to 70 TL per month). *

The maximum duration of the support is 12 months.

*In case of the decision of GYK, travel costs and health insurance for the fellow may be partially covered.

Eligibility

• Being a foreign citizen,
• As from the deadline of the application, having registered to a doctoral program abroad and being successful in the PhD qualifying exam or having completed his PhD,
• Having an invitation letter from the universities or research institutes in Turkey*
• Certifying that they have sufficient command of language, which will be used in the proposed research,
• Being 35 years old or younger as from the application deadline.

*Those receiving their doctorates from a university in Turkey are required to receive an invitation letter from a different university than his/her university that they received their doctorates, and carry out their research with an academic advisor(s) other than their doctoral thesis advisor.

Documents Required

It is obligatory to upload the following documents to the application system at the time of application;

• The curriculum vitae, prepared in the format determined by TUBITAK,
•  A detailed research proposal, prepared in the format determined by TUBITAK, and signed by both applicant and his/her academic advisor(s) in Turkey,
• An invitation letter taken from the top official of a university or research institute in Turkey,
• A signed letter from the academic advisor(s) in Turkey including his/her views about the research proposal,
• Curriculum vitae and list of publications of the his/her academic advisor(s) in Turkey,
• Language certificate, *
•  An official student certificate taken from in the last three months before the application date indicating that the applicant is registered as a doctoral student abroad,
• Doctorate diploma for young post-doctoral researchers,
• Copy of the identity part of the passport,
• Two reference letters taken from those other than the academic advisor(s) in Turkey,
• If necessary, the relevant Ethics Committee Certificate. **

* This certificate should indicate the language which will be used in the research proposal. It could be an international language certificate, an official document from the home university, in which the medium of instruction is the language using in the proposed research or a signed letter from the academic advisor(s) in Turkey about the language proficiency of the applicant. It is enough the submission of a signed document state of expression for whose native language is the same as the language, which will be used in the proposed research.

**If it is not ready during the application period, it can be submitted later