According to the results of the 2026 First Call Period, a total of 26 researchers from Bilkent University and the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) have been awarded funding under the TÜBİTAK 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program. This achievement highlights Bilkent’s strong research capacity and academic excellence.
The 1001 Program provides support for projects that produce new scientific knowledge and offer innovative solutions to technological problems.
The faculty members and postdoctoral researchers who have been awarded funding are:
- Abdullah Demir (UNAM),
- Ayça Arslan (UNAM),
- Ayşegül Dündar (CS),
- Ayşenur Dal Tokdemir (COMD),
- Bilge Baytekin (CHEM),
- Ceyhun Bulutay (PHYS),
- Cihan Okay (MATH),
- Cüneyt Şahin (UNAM),
- Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş Çukur (EE),
- Esra Kendir Tekgül (UNAM),
- Fatih Uzgur (UNAM),
- Ferdi Karadaş (CHEM),
- Hamidreza Bahari Poor Farkoosh (UNAM),
- Hamza Yeşilyurt (MATH),
- Hasan Tolga Bölükbaşı (POLS),
- Mehdi Ghasemzadeh (EE),
- Mehmet Selim Aktürk (IE),
- Meral Uğur Çınar (POLS),
- Michele Massa (HART),
- Michelle Adams (PSYC),
- Onur Çizmecioğlu (MBG),
- Onur Tokel (PHYS),
- Salih Özgür Öğüz (CS),
- Sezin Galioğlu Özaltuğ (UNAM),
- Sinem Sav (CS),
- Tolga Çukur (EE)