Evaluation of the Applications

Applications made to the support are evaluated by the Evaluation Board in the International Cooperation Department within the framework of the criteria included in this announcement.

Preliminary Review Criteria:

Applications are subject to examination within the framework of the issues listed below, and in the following cases, the application is not evaluated and returned:

  • Not all questions in the application are answered using a single language (Turkish is the language of application).
  • The questions in the application form and the accompanying documents are not filled in properly,
    •  Not presenting details about concrete outputs and achievements (for example, not including specific topics for the call or calls belonging to the cluster/area applied),
    • Lack of information about the start and end date of the period for which membership is considered as month and year,
    • Lack of information about the membership fee,
    • No proof of network contact by e-mail.
  • The education, academic and professional experience and project experience sections of the applicant and/or team members' ARBIS CVs are empty.
  • Having another application previously supported by the applicant institution for the same network,
  • Not including specific subject headings for the call or calls belonging to the cluster/area applied in the application,
  • Incompatibility of the applied network and the selected area/cluster in the "Call Information" section of the application form,
  • Multiple applications from the same organization for different networks with the same application content (taking into account the application time, the first application will be evaluated),
  • The support network is not included in the list attached to this announcement.

 

Evaluation Criteria:

If it is the first support application to be made for the network subject to support,

  • Capacity of the Applicant and Scope of the Application
    • Compliance of the organization's purpose of being a member of the network with the purposes of the support
    • Compliance of the activity areas of the applicant organization with the purpose of establishment of the network
    • The adequacy of the CVs of the researchers who will carry out network activities on behalf of the applicant organization
  • Targeted Impact and Output from Membership
    • Concrete outcomes and achievements targeted in terms of framework programs as a result of membership activities (presentation of projects, participation in consortia, etc.)
    • Level of elaborations of concrete outputs and gains targeted for the organization as a result of membership activities
    • Elaboration of the obligations that membership to the network will bring to the organization and how to fulfill these obligations.

In case of ongoing membership application,

    • The level of active and active operation in the network (presentations/demos at events supported by the Network, etc.)
    • Level of project proposal preparation for EU Framework Programs or involvement in EU Framework Programs (Number of WPs submitted with Network partners, etc.)

In case of hesitation in the application, it is recommended to contact the National Contact Point responsible for the area or areas related to the support network.

The applicant is informed about the evaluation result via the e-mail address registered in the ARBİS. TÜBİTAK is not responsible for not being able to be notified because the e-mail address is not up to date or correct.