According to the results of the 2026 First Call Period, 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.
Bilkent faculty members and postdoctoral researchers who secured funding under the 2026 First Call Period are: Abdullah Demir (UNAM), Ayça Arslan (UNAM), Ayşegül Dündar Boral (CS), Ayşenur Dal Tokdemir (COMD), Bilge Baytekin (CHEM), Ceyhun Bulutay (PHYS), Cihan Okay (MATH), Cüneyt Şahin (UNAM), Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş (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) and Tolga Çukur (EE).
