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Research at METU

Eu FUNDED
(H2020, HorizonEurope)
52
Active Projects of 109 in TOTAL
~22 Million Euros
METU Budget
3 ERC, 5 Horizon Europe Consortium Coordinatorships
Other International Funds
34
Active Projects

Coordinatorships (1 COST Action, 1 NATO, 1 Erasmus+), UNESCO, APSCO, British Council, Max Planc Institute, Eumetsat, Euramet, Google Awards ...
National Projects
Extensive Portfolio
Distribution of national projects currently being carried out at our university:
180 TÜBİTAK 254 BAP 327 DSİM 9 TÜSEB 10 Investment

International Projects 

Summary information of the projects is listed below.
Updated: 28 July 2026

AQUIRE

Horizon Europe
Name: AI-Supported and Quantum-Enhanced Control Strategies for Stable, Inverter-Dominated Electricity Grids
Principal Investigator: Murat Göl (Electrical Electronics Eng.) - Partner
Date: In contract phase

VISIONS

Horizon Europe
Name: Visions of the Past: Visual Archives and the History of Archaeology
Principal Investigator: Pelin Yoncacı (Architecture) - Partner
Date: 01.03.2027 – 28.02.2031

Microcard-3

Horizon Europe
Name: Numerical modeling of cardiac electrophysiology at the cellular scale
Principal Investigator: Yeşim Serinağaoğlu (Electrical Electronics Eng.) - Partner
Date: 01.05.2027 – 30.04.2030

SAFE-DADA

Horizon Europe
Name: Molecular Science Against Falsified Drugs and Drug Hazards
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Partner
Date: In contract phase

GastroFib

Horizon Europe
Name: Gastrointestinal Structuring of Agro-Industrial Dietary Fibres: From Green Extraction to Predictive Engineering
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: In contract phase

ReBeL

Horizon Europe
Name: Resilient Battery-grade Refining from European Local Sources
Principal Investigator: Irmak Sargın (Metallurgical and Materials Eng.) - Partner
Date: In contract phase

ENFiber

COST
Name: European Network for Valorizing Food Processing Waste into Sustainable Fibers
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: 23.09.2025 - 22.09.2029

FAroGels

Horizon Europe
Name: Food-Grade Aerogels for Sustainable Food Systems
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: 01.01.2027-31.12.2030

REACtOE

Horizon Europe
Name: Reforms and Empowerment for Agri-food Competitiveness and Open Excellence
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: In contract phase

RADNEXT 2030

Horizon Europe
Name: Accelerators and other Research Infrastructures for Radiation Effects Research
Principal Investigator: Bilge Demirköz (IVMER) - Partner
Date: 01.06.2026 - 31.05.2030

TOPOCLIM-EWS

Horizon Europe
Name: TOPOCLIM-EWS: Topological Insights for Hydroclimatic Extremes and Early Warnings Signals
Principal Investigator: İsmail Güzel (Statistics) - Principal Investigator
Date: 01.09.2026 - 31.08.2029

MR-Strokebot

Horizon Europe
Name: MRI-guided Stroke Treatment with Ultrahigh Field-Steerable Robotic Magnetic Catheter
Principal Investigator: Mehmet Efe Tiryaki (ROMER) - Principal Investigator
Date: 01.05.2026 - 30.04.2028

Fix-APro

Horizon Europe
Name: Fixing Alternative Proteins: Overcoming Key Challenges for Practical Integration into Food Systems
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: 01.11.2026 - 31.10.2030

FARMAR

Horizon Europe
Name: Farmer-in-the-loop heritage-aware AI and Robotic Mechanisation for Agricultural Resilience
Principal Investigator: Ali Emre Turgut (ROMER) - Partner
Date: 01.10.2026 - 30.09.2030

REMEDIES 5.0

Horizon Europe
Name: Integrated and People-Centred Waterfront Restoration for a Resilient European Blue Economy
Principal Investigator: Barış Salihoğlu (Institute of Marine Sciences) - Partner
Date: 01.09.2026 - 31.08.2030

BlueMissionDBS2030

Horizon Europe
Name: Supporting Cross-Border Dialogue, Scaling Solutions and Mobilising Finance in the Danube-Black Sea Lighthouse for Mission Ocean 2030
Principal Investigator: Barış Salihoğlu (Institute of Marine Sciences) - Partner
Date: 01.09.2026 - 31.08.2029

EUROCC3

Horizon Europe
Name: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking 3
Principal Investigator: Hande Toffoli (Physics) - Partner
Date: 01.04.2026 - 31.03.2029

AI4GTech Anatolia

Horizon Europe
Name: European Digital Innovation Hub - AI for Green Transfomation of Automotive and Machinery Industry
Principal Investigator: Hüsnü Dal (BILTIR Center) - Coordinator
Date: 01.06.2026 - 31.05.2029

EXPLORA

Horizon Europe
Name: Perception of materials, objects and spaces through active EXPLORAtion
Principal Investigator: Dicle Dövencioğlu (Psychology) - Partner
Date: 01.02.2026 - 31.01.2030

EUMaster4HPC-2

Horizon Europe
Name: EUMaster4HPC-2
Principal Investigator: Banu Günel Kılıç (Informatics Institute) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2031

HERITOUR

Horizon Europe
Name: Enhancing collaborative synergies between Cultural HERItage and TOURism
Principal Investigator: Özgün Özçakır (Architecture) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2029

RIVIERADE

Horizon Europe
Name: Improving Modelling Methods to Produce Climate Services for Resillient European Seas and Costs in a Decadal to Multi-Decadal Horizon
Principal Investigator: Bettina Fach Salihoğlu (Institute of Marine Sciences) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2029

GuardAgentS

Horizon Europe
Name: Study of Novel Generation nanobodies for agri-food applications
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Partner
Date: 01.11.2025 - 31.10.2029

SOLAR-MOVE

Horizon Europe
Name: SOLAR Photovoltaic to MOVE for Systems Integration
Principal Investigator: Murat Göl (Electrical Electronics Eng.) - Partner
Date: 01.11.2025 - 30.04.2029

APRISE

Horizon Europe
Name: Alternative Proteins Research and Innovation Skills Enhancement
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Coordinator
Date: 01.09.2025 - 31.08.2029

NEYSA

Horizon Europe
Name: Nourishing Equity: A-Youth Led Citizien Science Initiative Mapping Food Security Accross Anatolia
Principal Investigator: Halil Mecit Öztop (Food Eng.) - Principal Investigator
Date: 16.06.2025 - 16.01.2026

TECH2X

Horizon Europe
Name: Technology for Innovation and Enterpreneurship Excellence
Principal Investigator: Arzu Gönenç Sorguç (Design Factory) - Partner
Date: 01.04.2025 - 30.04.2027

LeAD

Horizon Europe
Name: Leveraging Anaerobic Digestion through environmental stresses
Principal Investigator: Yasemin Dilşad Yılmazel Tokel (Environmental Eng.) - Partner
Date: 01.03.2025 - 28.02.2029

SUSA

Horizon Europe
Name: Sustainable Healthcare with Digital Health Data Competence
Principal Investigator: Burçak Otlu (Informatics Institute) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028

GEPINC

Horizon Europe
Name: Gender Equality Plans for INclusivity: engines of Change
Principal Investigator: Sara Banu Akkaş (Research Coordination Office) - Partner
Date: 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2027
 

Projects from 2024 and Earlier

You can access the summary information of past projects carried out at our university, supported by the European Union Framework Programmes.
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