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SDF Delegation visited TUBITAK

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October 02 2018

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The delegation led by Executive Director of the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elchin Babayev visited Ankara, the capital of the Republic of Turkey , in order to carry out the preparatory work on the joint project of the Science Development Foundation and the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, within the scope of the international grant competition titled "Turkic World Researches", that is planned to be announced in October 2018.

A joint meeting of the working groups of the parties held in TUBITAK with the purpose of preparation of the 1st Azerbaijan-Turkey joint grant competition ("AzTurk-1") within the framework of the international grant competition "Turkic World Researches".

Prior to the meeting, a large-scale meeting was held with the participation of TUBITAK President, Professor Hasan Mandal and Executive Director of the Science Development Foundation Elchin Babayev, and crucial topics such as prospects of existing contacts, experience exchange with the parties has been discussed. Here, detailed information was given about the reforms implemented in recent years in TUBITAK and the intersection of scientific-organizational interests has been discussed in detail.

During the joint meetings of the working groups, the terms of the 1st Azerbaijan-Turkey (“AzTurk-1”) grant competition, the details of the announcement text, dates of the competition, the organization of joint expertise groups, the structure of the electronic governance systems of grant projects were discussed and agreed upon, a collection of general documents has been prepared afterwards. TUBİTAK Vice President  Orkun Hasekioğlu and Executive Director of Science Development Foundation Elçin Babayev co-chaired the working group meetings. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the Department of Bilateral and Multilateral Relations of TÜBİTAK Mete Karaca and Scientific Programs Expert Müslim Güzel.

The International Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between Science Development Foundation and TUBITAK was signed on 27 May 2015 in Ankara.

 

Executive Directorate of the Science Development Foundation

 

Additional link: www.tubitak.gov.tr 

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