OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

a) The activities to be carried out in the field of project development, coordination, and consultancy are as follows:

1) To manage the applications of projects in which the University is involved as a principal investigator, partner, participant, etc., to organize and/or follow up on correspondence and meetings with financial sources and project partners, and to provide coordination support on behalf of the Rectorate between the principal investigator and project partners,

2) To conduct preliminary evaluation and administrative control of submitted project applications, and to ensure the correction of project applications that are not prepared in accordance with the procedures,

3) To create the relevant forms and documents for Scientific Research Projects (BAP),

4) To manage the secretariat and financial affairs of Scientific Research Projects,

5) To carry out the technical and financial control and payment processes of projects supported by the University and TÜBİTAK,

6) To monitor the management processes of supported projects, and to prepare all kinds of contracts, expenditure documents, interim and final reports, project outputs, etc. that will be needed in audits. 6) Ensuring that documents are kept safe by project managers,

7) Evaluating requests and suggestions from industrial organizations, bringing new research topics to the agenda and encouraging academics to prepare projects within this scope,

8) Providing consultancy services to national and international institutions and organizations on project preparation and management under contract,

9) Providing consultancy services on issues such as patents, licensing agreements, and technology transfer.

b) The activities to be carried out within the scope of education and scientific meetings are as follows:

1) Announcing calls for project proposals from domestic and foreign sources,

2) Conducting training activities in the field of project cycle management to increase the project preparation, implementation and evaluation capacities of university faculty members and students, as well as, upon request, public institutions and organizations, civil society organizations and private institutions,

3) Ensuring the representation of the University in national and international events related to the topics within the Center's field of work,

4) Organizing scientific meetings such as panels, conferences, workshops, seminars, symposiums, promotional events, congresses, and project markets related to the topics within the Center's field of work, and inviting project experts, technical representatives of project funding organizations and academics to these activities,

5) Establishing cooperation with other relevant units within the University and public and civil society organizations,

6) Preparing reports, brochures, catalogs, promotional films and similar documents related to the Center's work and projects in which the University is involved, publishing and distributing research and application results.

c) The Center's other activities include:

1) Organizing all application principles, methods, and process designs related to project management processes, as well as guidelines and workflows for their implementation;

2) Maintaining annual statistics related to the Center's areas of activity;

3) Creating a database of information on projects in which the University participates, and publishing this information and project outputs on the Center's website;

4) Identifying priority R&D areas with economic outputs;

5) Submitting proposals to the Rectorate for organizing various scientific, social, and cultural events and awarding prizes at national and international levels in areas within the Center's scope of work.