ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CONSULTANTS and CONSULTANCY COMPANIES

Criteria for consultants and consultancy companies (MSCA PF):

Criteria for Consultants (one of them is required)

  • Served as an evaluator for at least 3 MSCA IF/PF calls after 01.01.2017.

  • Served as a consultant for at least 5 years in a consultancy company which matches the criteria determined for the consulting company.

  • The consultant should review a minimum of 5 MSCA IF/PF projects that have scored (by European Commission) minimum 85 points since 01.01.2017

Criteria for Consultant Company

  • At least 10 MSCA IF/PFprojects should be reviewed by the consultancy company with at least 85/100 score.

Criteria for consultants/consultancy company (MSCA COFUND) : 

  • At least one MSCA COFUND project proposal reviewed by consultant/consultancy company has been funded by the European Commission.

 

Important Notice: It is strongly recommended that before application, a consultant/consultancy company should be contacted. Criteria documents of the consultant/consultancy company should be submitted through the application system at the time of application. If the documents are not uploaded at the time of application, they can be emailed (msca.ondeg@tubitak.gov.tr) to TÜBİTAK until the due date determined in the Program Announcement.  

Supporting documents needed:

  • For MSCA IF/PF Evaluators: Invitation document from European Commission for experts

  • For consultants working in companies: Original document from consultancy company that consultant is working/has been working with the company

  • Official letter that includes the acronyms of the projects. This letter should be originally signed by consultant/consultancy company. Invoice of service must be provided as a proof document. ( Approval of beneficiary may be demanded by TÜBİTAK during evaluation process)

Additional remarks for consultants / consultant companies:

  • Consultants need to provide invoice or freelance invoice for service that provided. If a consultant is not able to provide invoice / freelance invoice, invoice can be provided by companies that consultants are working with or companies that consultants have a partnership or ownership. In this matter, consultants need to prove that their attachment to company that provide invoice with official documents. Payments are done within consultant payment limits.

  • Consultants / consultancy companies must provide a Pre-Evaluation Summary Report. 

  • Applicants choose their own consultants / consultant companies according to criteria and submit to TÜBİTAK.

  • If consultant / Consultancy Company found ineligible, applicant need to change consultant/consultancy company.

  • Applicant can benefit from services of one consultant / consultancy company for one proposal.

  • All agreements about Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and confidentialities are under responsibility of applicant.

People working at Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) or Technology Transfer Centers (TTC) are able to serve as consultants if they meet the required criteria. Consultants can issue invoices over TTO / TTC. However, letters only received from the service recipient will not be considered as substitutive document. This document should be supported with additional documents such as financial document, e-mail correspondence etc. Consultants will not be paid if they serve the university staff which TTO/TTC is affiliated to.