1. Supported Spending Items

The amount of support is limited to 80% of the annual membership fee for companies with SME status pursuant to the national legislation, provided that they do not exceed the support’s upper limit to be determined by the TÜBİTAK Science Board. 100% of the membership fee of public institutions and organizations, universities and non-profit organizations within the scope of the support is supported provided that it does not exceed the support’s upper limit to be determined by the TÜBİTAK Science Board.

If it is necessary to complete and obtain membership-related network membership, the responsibility for official approvals belongs to the applicant organization.

  1. Payment Process

Support is granted after financial documents and other requested documents are approved if there are any.

  • The invoice for the annual membership fee must be issued on behalf of the applicant organization.
  • Documents required for payment are sent to TÜBİTAK,
  • After the payment documents are examined and the report is approved, the payment processes are started. During the payment process, TÜBİTAK may request additional information / documents from the applicant along with the payment documents.
  • Expenses made in foreign currency are calculated in Turkish Lira at the CBRT's exchange rate of the day the payment document is issued and are issued in TL so as not to exceed the total support amount.
  • Following the delivery of the payment documents to the Accounting Unit, an e-mail is sent to the applicants.

  • The receipt showing that the membership fee has been paid to the relevant network account must be sent to TÜBİTAK via e-mail within 15 days after the date on which TÜBİTAK makes the support payment to the bank account specified by the support recipient. Otherwise, the support payment must be refunded.

  • In order for the support payment to be made, the requested documents must be submitted to TUBITAK within 2 months following the support decision. Otherwise, no payment is made.

 

  1. Documents Required for Payment

Signed and certified copies of the documents listed below must be submitted in order to receive support payments. If the documents and the reports are deemed appropriate, payment transactions are initiated. At this stage, TÜBİTAK may request the missing documents from the applicant.

In case the documents subject to payment are signed with wet signature, the document should be sent to TÜBİTAK address (Tunus Caddesi No: 80 06100 Kavaklıdere/ANKARA).

In case the documents subject to payment are signed with e-signature, the "document verification code" must be on the document. It is sufficient to send the e-signed documents via e-mail to aglarauyelik@tubitak.gov.tr.