SME Support Call for Order-Based Research and Development Projects (Turkey)

With the 1707 Order R&D call, it is aimed to transform the solution proposals that meet the customer needs into commercial outputs by SMEs through R&D and to contribute to the export of these outputs. In addition, it will contribute to the development of foreign cooperation of domestic companies. In this way, it is expected that organizations will have positive effects on the import/export balance of their country by increasing their market shares abroad for a certain product/process.

With the 1707 Order R&D-b call, it is aimed to transform the solution proposals that meet the customer’s needs into commercializable outputs through R&D by the entrepreneurial SMEs that have received BIGG support. Within the scope of the 1707 Order R&D-b call, it was possible to make prepayments to the supplier organization that received BIGG or Techno-enterprise Capital Support. 10% overhead support will be given to the supplier organization that has received BIGG or Techno-enterprise Capital Support.

Conducting R&D studies by the Supplier Organization for the projects to be submitted to the call; The project output will be expected to be commercialized by placing the product on the market by the Customer Organization and/or Supplier Organization. The Customer Organization will provide co-financing support to the Supplier Organization’s R&D costs.

Scope of Support

• There is no subject or sector limitation in this call. R&D projects with high commercialization potential can be supported from all sectors and all technology fields. Market research and technical feasibility analysis should also be presented in the project proposals. An R&D project covering the works to be carried out by the Supplier Organization will be submitted to the call. The Supplier Organization will develop the product (or process) by conducting R&D studies. The Client Organization will monitor that the project is being carried out as intended.

Funding Information

• The project budget will be a maximum of 7,500,000 TL. The project duration is a maximum of 24 months.
• In Order-Based R&D calls, the expenses of project personnel from the Customer Organization who carry out activities such as management, quality, testing, and validation, as well as field verification of the product (this support will not exceed 18 man-months of labor), and intercity travel expenses are supported.
• For projects within the scope of the Order R&D call; The Customer Organization will pay 40% of the periodical project expenses to the Supplier Organization, and TÜBİTAK will give 40% of the “accepted expenditure amount” to the Supplier Organization as a grant after evaluating the expenses. TÜBİTAK support will be 50% for projects within the scope of Order R&D-b calls.

Eligibility Criteria

• Customer Organization refers to the capital companies established in Turkey, regardless of their sector and scale, that need a solution based on R&D and that have signed a cooperation agreement with the Supplier Organization in order to meet this need. Supplier Organization refers to the SME-scale capital company or companies located in Turkey that make a cooperation agreement with the Customer Organization and take part in R&D studies within the scope of the project. A Customer Organization and at least one Supplier Organization jointly apply to the Call. During the application and support stages, the addressee institution becomes the Customer Organization. According to the Corporate Tax Law No. 5520 and the provisions of the relevant legislation, organizations that are within the scope of related persons are not included in the same project as Customer Organization and Supplier Organization.

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