21 METU Projects Awarded Funding in the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Programme – 2026 First Call
Twenty-one projects led by METU researchers have been selected for funding under the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Programme – 2026 First Call.
A Significant Achievement Reflecting METU’s Research Excellence
The evaluation results of the TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 – Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Programme, 2026 First Call, have been announced.
Under this call, 21 projects led by researchers from Middle East Technical University have been selected for funding.
Spanning a broad range of fields from natural sciences and engineering to educational sciences, social sciences and interdisciplinary research, the funded projects once again demonstrate METU’s strong research ecosystem, interdisciplinary research capacity and excellence in high-quality scientific production.
As the METU Research Coordination Office, we sincerely congratulate our researchers and their project teams whose proposals have been selected for funding, and wish them every success in achieving impactful scientific outcomes through their projects.
METU Researchers Whose Projects Have Been Selected for Funding
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Mert Ankaralı
Center for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies
Dr. Elif Demir Arabacı, Research Assistant
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Zeynep Çağlayan Arslan
METU MEMS Center
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Çelik
Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Dr. Pınar Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen
Department of Chemical Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkan Er
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology
Dr. Babür Erdem
Center for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leman Korkmaz Karaoğlu
Department of Psychology
Prof. Dr. Dilek Keskin
Department of Engineering Sciences
Prof. Dr. Yaşar Kondakçı
Department of Educational Sciences
Dr. Alper Koz
Image Analysis Research Center
Assist. Prof. Dr. Korhan Özkan
Institute of Marine Sciences
Prof. Dr. Altuğ Özpineci
Department of Physics
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hande Işık Öztürk
Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. Muhammed Miraç Serim
Department of Physics
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Prof. Dr. Hande Toffoli
Department of Physics
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Toparlı
Center for Energy Materials and Storage Devices
Assist. Prof. Dr. Çağrı Toraman
Department of Computer Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Banu Cingöz Ulu
Department of Psychology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Münis Seven Ağır Yağcı
Department of Economics