The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey PhD Scholarship.

Eligibility criteria for the fellows: 
Experienced researchers, i.e. researchers who, at the time of the relevant deadline for submission of proposals are in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience.
Researchers may be of any nationality.
At the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, the researchers must not have resided in Turkey for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.  The applicants who are currently supported by any TÜBİTAK programs and EU 7th. Framework Programs are  ineligible to apply this fellowship.
Eligibility criteria for the host organisations:
The host organization must be a university, a research institute or an industrial company in Turkey.
Research institutes may be established in academia and industry.
Additional eligibility criteria: 
The proposal must be submitted before the call deadline
The proposal must be complete
All proposals must adhere to the ethical issues policy of the Co-Circulation Scheme, and must contain a completed Ethical Issues table.
The eligibility check will be carried out at the Call Secretariat, by TÜBİTAK staff, on anonymous proposals. All proposals that are considered ineligible will not proceed to the next phase of the process.
Application Fields
The Co-Circulation Scheme has a bottom-up structure; the research topics are chosen freely by the applicant fellow and the host organization in a flexible manner. Accordingly, all research and technological development (RTD) domains addressed under the EC Treaty are eligible for funding.
Ethical Issues
Research activities funded within the frame of the Co-Circulation Scheme must respect fundamental National and European ethical principles.
Applicants will be asked to complete an ethical issues table (identical to the Ethics Issues table in FP7 projects) in Ethical Issues Table section of their proposal. Proposals that have not filled the ethical issues table will be rejected in the eligibility check phase. In this table, applicants must declare whether any of the activities specified in the table will be conducted during the lifetime of the project.
Fellows wishing to carry out research that requires ethical approval are required to address these issues, and to describe in an ethical report how they propose to deal with the ethical issues. Furthermore, the researchers will be required to provide an official approval from the ethical board of the hosting institution. Both documents must be submitted to the Call Secretariat, along with a declaration that all research activities will be in compliance with fundamental ethical principles. If the hosting institution of the researcher does not have its own ethics committee, the researcher is requested to obtain the approval of geographically the closest ethical committee.
When no approval of the Local Ethics Committee is obtained, the proposal will not be funded in the Co-Circulation Scheme.
 
The Topic of The Project
The Co-Circulation Scheme has a bottom-up approach, i.e. research topics are chosen freely by the applicants. The research projects are funded in these key subject areas;
Chemistry (CHE)
Social and Human Sciences and Economic Sciences (ECO-SOC)
Information Science and Engineering, Mathematics and Physics (ENG-MAT-PHY)
Environmental and Geo-Sciences and Energy (ENV-ENE)
Life Sciences (LIF);
High energy physics, high energy density physics and physics of the universe (HEPDPPU) are eligible for funding, except areas of research covered by the EURATOM Treaty. All research carried out must respect fundamental ethical principles and the requirements indicated in the text of the People Specific Program
 
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, the criteria need to be fulfilled at the time of the deadline for submission. Eligibility is checked on the basis of the information given by the applicants. TÜBİTAK reserves the right to exclude a proposal failing one or more of the eligibility criteria (for example,  due  to  incorrect  or  misleading  information  contained  in  the  proposal)  at  any moment when ineligibility has been proven.
Nationality Condition:
Applicants from all nationalities are eligible to apply TÜBİTAK Co-Circulation Fellowship. However, the applicants who are currently supported by any of TUBITAK programs and EU
7th    Framework   Program,   Marie   Curie   Actions   are   not   eligible   to   apply   TÜBİTAK
Co-Circulation Fellowship. Successful applicants cannot reapply to this Scheme.
 
Eligibility criteria for the host institution:

• A university, research institute or industrial company as host institution located in Turkey and a research scientist from the respective institution,
• Research institutes may be established in academia and industry. Public and private organizations, universities and industrial companies who can demonstrate sufficiently high R & D activities are eligible to host experienced researchers with any nationality.

Level of Experience:
Applicants should;
either be in possession of a doctoral degree (PhD)
or have at least 4 years of full-time equivalent research experience
In general, applicants fall into one of two categories; Experienced and Very Experienced Researchers
Experienced researcher, an experienced researcher who has 10 years or less than 10 years of experience.
Very experienced researcher, an experienced researcher who has more than 10 years of experience.
Reference date is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle to him to embark on a doctorate.
 
Value of Fellowship Award 
Living allowance
Travel and mobility allowance
Research costs contribution
The living, travel and mobility and research cost contributions will be paid each month to the researcher by the host institution. Research cost contribution is managed by the host institution for the expenses related to the participation of researchers in research and training activities (e.g. purchase of consumables, participation in conferences and training courses, fees for scientific journals, memberships of scientific associations etc.)
Living, travel and mobility allowances are subject to income and payroll tax deductions.
 
 Application Process
An application can be submitted only via the e-BIDEB Portal (Central Authentication Service- https://e-bideb.tubitak.gov.tr/giris.htm?siteLanguage=en) to the procedure described in the following steps.
 
Step 1. Account Creation:
All the applicants have to create an account on the e-BIDEB Portal (Central Authentication Service-  https://e-bideb.tubitak.gov.tr/giris.htm?siteLanguage=en).  If  the  applicant  has  an ARBİS (Researchers Information System) account, he/she must enter ARBİS password to the “Password” field. If the researcher does not have an ARBİS account, he/she must enter the password he/she used to log-in to e-BİDEB before.
 
If this is the first time applicant tries to log into the application, he/she must press “New User Registration” button and fill in the new user registration form (After the account creation, “user activation message” will be sent to applicant’s mail address. Once the account is activated, the applicant may login his/her account on the e-BIDEB Portal (https://e- bideb.tubitak.gov.tr/giris.htm?siteLanguage=en)
 
For the technical problem, the applicants should contact to  [email protected] address.
 
Step 2. Applicant Data and Documents to be Uploaded:
 
After the login, the applicant will access to his/her own account where he/she will have to complete the following sections and upload the required documents. All the documents have to be in pdf format. (Copy of Undergraduate and/or Master/Ph.D Diploma(s) can also be provided in jpeg, tiff or gif).
Personal Information
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Doctorate Information
Proposal Summary
Additional Documents
o Copy of Undergraduate and/or Master/Ph.D Diploma(s)
o Proof of 4 years of Full-time Experience (for the applicants who does not have a doctorate degree)
o Entry and Exit Records (only for Turkish Citizens)
o Proof of Residence (only for non-Turkish Citizens)
o Applicant’s Declaration for Proof of Residence (for all applicants)
o Two Reference Letter
o Letter of Support
o Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the Scientist in Charg
o Motivation Letter