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TÜBİTAK-MIGHT Collaboration 2.0: Grand Challenge

Submission Deadline

10:00 PM -  Friday, 17 March 2023

Results Announcement 10:00PM - Saturday, 1 July 2023

Awards

The awards jointly funded by both Turkiye and Malaysia, are for the amount of USD300,000 per project.

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ 

May this email reach you in the best of health and Iman by the grace of Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala.

Dear YBhg. Tan Sri/ Dato’/ Prof./ Dr./Sir./ Mdm.,

We are pleased to inform you that the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) has signed a Protocol on Scientific and Technological Cooperation in October 2020. It is to enhance cooperative activities in the field of research and development.

This call is aimed at supporting research and development projects to promote the scientific and technological cooperation between two countries through a synergistic collaboration between both countries teams.

Scope

• Producing a new product
• Increasing the product quality or standards
• Developing new techniques to reduce costs and increase standards
• Developing new production technologies

The projects, focusing on research and experimental development, “technologically new or improved product”, “technological process innovation” are preferred.

Basic research projects are not supported within the scope of this call.

R&D Stages which are Supported

The projects to be supported under this call are expected to include all or some of the following R&D stages:

• Concept development,
• Technological/technical and economic feasibility study,
• Laboratory (or related) studies in the transition from concept to design,
• Design, design application and design tests,
• Prototype production,
• Establishment of pilot plant,
• Trial production and type tests,
• Activities to solve problems related with product design after sales 

Investment-oriented projects for production or production infrastructure (including the purchase of facilities and looms) and projects without R&D content are not supported because of being not suitable for the purposes of the program

Eligibility criteria 

• Maximum project duration up to 3 years (36 months); extension beyond this period is not permitted.
• It is prerequisite that proposals include the participation of the below as submitting and collaborative institutions:
• At least one Turkish academy partner (including public institutions or organizations/ research institutions/ universities/ training and research hospitals) and Malaysian research institution, public organization or university & At least one Turkish and one Malaysian industrial partners for Academia-Industry Cooperation proposals. 
• The proposal must be within one or more of the specific research priority areas described in Thematic Field 

1. Food Security
2. Healthcare Technology
3. Energy
4. Digital Technology

• Turkish and Malaysian-based teams must each be led by a Lead Principal Investigator (LPI).
• Each proposal should have a Project Coordinator who will be selected from the LPIs of the proposal and this person is responsible for coordinating the whole consortium.

Awards

The awards jointly funded by both Turkiye and Malaysia, are for the amount of USD300,000 per project.

For Turkish Side

TÜBİTAK funds up to 2,500,000 Turkish Liras (excl. overhead and Project Incentive Premium (PIP) approximately) per project. As a rule, Turkish academia/public institution partners that are eligible for funding can receive up to 1,250,000 Turkish Liras (excl. overheads and Project Incentive Premium (PIP)) of funding per proposal in total.

For Malaysian Side

MIGHT funds up to USD 150,000 per project.

Submission Guide

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Please click the link: https://applications.might.org.my/e/tubitak

Enquiries

For further information, please visit the website: https://applications.might.org.my/e/tubitak

Contact Person: Mr. Ahmad Razif Mohamad Telephone: +60197783517 Email: razif@might.org.my / international@might.org.my

Website: https://applications.might.org.my/e/tubitak

Thank you.

RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTRE