TRA

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TRA

• TUKISH RESEARCH AREA

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TRA Turkish Research Area

• TRA is a research approach that aims at
• increasing the number of scientists
• integrating individual research into the
  pre-determined priority areas
• contributing to ST and public good via
  multi-institutional common projects
• in order to facilitate economic development
• based on ST

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TRA PROGRAMMES

• FDP Faculty Development Programme
• INIP Integrated National and International
  Projects
• POSTDOC Post-doctoral Research Programme
• SMART CLASS Common Educational Centres
• SCIENCE SOCIETY Science-Literate Society

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• FDP

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AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY
MERSIN UNIVERSITY
ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY
ONDOKUZMAYIS UNIVERSITY
BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY
SELÇUK UNIVERSITY
ÇANAKKALE 18 MART UNIVERSITY
SÜLEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY
ERCIYES UNIVERSITY
ULUDAG UNIVERSITY
GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY
TRAKYA UNIVERSITY
GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY
ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY
INÖNÜ UNIVERSITY
YÜZÜNCÜ YIL UNIVERSITY
KOCAELI UNIVERSITY
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FDP Faculty (Human Resources) Development
Programme

• A country-wide network based on interuniversity
  cooperation

Strengthening Universities by Developing
Scientific Human Resources
Goal
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CURRENT SITUATION in FDPGraduates of 39
Universities495 Research Assistants
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FDP Process

• Signing of Framework Protocols
• Determining Supply and Demand
  Public Announcement
• Assessment of Applicants
• Signing of Compulsory Service Contract
• Establishment of a Thesis Monitoring Committee
• International Experience
• Post Doctorate Research Project

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FDP DEVELOPS MULTI-DISIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC HUMAN
RESOURCES
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FDP Interdisciplinary Areas
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FDP Interdisciplinary Areas
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• INIP

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Integrated National and International Projects
(INIP)

• These are value-added, competitive,
  product-oriented research projects that are
  designed to increase Turkeys economic power,
  through the
• integration of nation-wide research capacity and
  basic structures in line with national interests.

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Fundamental Principles of the INIP

• Multi-institutional INIPs incorporate public
  universities, private (foundation) universities,
  interested civil institutions, TSK (Türkiye
  Silahli Kuvvetleri), private sector firms, and
  the industrial sector.
• Multi-resourceful INIPs use both national and
  international resources.
• Multi-disciplinary INIPs are projects that do
  not have boundaries between departments,
  faculties or various institutions, where projects
  that originate from many different disciplines
  can participate. Priority Areas Projects are
  realized in 15 priority thematic areas which are
  in accordance with national demands and global
  trends.

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COMMON FEATURES OF THE INIPs

• Multi-institutional (4 25 institutions)
• Multi-disciplinary
• Long-term and stable
• Cost-effective and responsive
• Internationally competitive
• Ones that contribute directly to the national
  economy

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INIPs in 2004

• 21 INIPs
• Total Budget of 30 milyon
• 85 institutions
• 36 Universities
• More than 500 Researchers
• 6 Projects that has a budget about 6 milyon
• was supported by the State Planning
  Organisation.

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Post-doc Programme
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POST-DOC PROGRAMME
With the purpose of incresing scientific
collaboration among universities, the faculty
members who have completed their PhDs are
employed in other universities for doing
researches.
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• Post-doc Programme improves the motivation of
  young faculties by meeting them with
  proffessional researchers and providing METUs
  infrastructure and language facilities.
• Post-doc Researchers can be
• Thesis Supervisor in FDP
• Researcher in INIPs

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• Smart Class

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Video Conferencing Center (Smart Class)

• AIM Improving the interrelation among
• universities by using video conference and
  Internet technologies, increasing the quality of
  education and research

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GOAL

• Providing unlimited and common work athmosphere
• IN Knowledge
• Time
• Environment
• FOR Research and
• Education

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Science and Society
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Science and Society

• Societal welfare and economic development cannot
  be achieved unless science is situated at the
  center of the society.
• For that reason, there is a need for introducing
  RD consciousness to the policy-maker, producer
  and other sections of the society.

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Goals of Science and Society

• Increasing the knowledge and consciousness of the
  society in scientific matters
• Extending the scientific researches in
  universities that would respond the societys
  needs and worries
• Creating demand for and awareness of RD in
  various sections of the society (Policy-makers
  Universities Civil Society Media Industry
  Armed Forces)

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TURKISH RESEARCH AREA
INIP - SC
FDP Post-doc
SIENCE and SOCIETY
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CONCLUSION

• First of all, there is a need for an integrated
  research approach that would not only change the
  view of research in our country but also
  incorporate the universities, industry and other
  sections of the state and society.
• This approach is called as the
• Turkish Research Area.

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• TURKEY HAS THE CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT BASED ON
  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
• TURKEY CAN MAKE A BIG STEP FORWARD AND GET THE
  PLACE SHE DESIRES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.