TÜBİTAK GCIP Joint Order Research and Development Call for SME Support (Turkey)

The focus areas for project applications include Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Waste Treatment, Water Efficiency, Environmentally Friendly Buildings, Transportation, and Advanced Materials and Chemicals.

The 1707 GCIP Joint Order R&D Call aims to enable SMEs to transform solution proposals into commercializable outputs, in collaboration with customer organizations that will commercialize or support R&D results. The initiative is designed to strengthen Türkiye’s clean technology ecosystem by fostering partnerships between SMEs and larger industries while enhancing commercialization potential.

Support is provided in areas where R&D activities are conducted by the Supplier Organization, which must be an SME within the GCIP Türkiye Accelerator program, while the Client Organization contributes to the R&D costs. The program promotes collaboration through cost-sharing, where TÜBİTAK provides 50% of accepted expenditures, the Client Organization covers 40%, and the Supplier Organization contributes the remaining 10%.

The call has significant financial backing, with a total call budget of 40 million TL, and project proposals can request up to 5 million TL in support. Project duration is limited to 12 months, and proposals must include market research, technical feasibility studies, and a commercialization plan. TÜBİTAK will also monitor commercialization outcomes for up to 60 months after project completion.

Eligibility requires SMEs as supplier organizations and SMEs or large-scale enterprises as client organizations, with both parties signing a collaboration agreement that defines project scope, responsibilities, intellectual property rights, and dispute resolution terms. Certain sectors, such as defense-related projects or organizations listed under UNIDO’s exclusion policies, are not eligible for support.

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