İNÜ-CELT Training: Comprehensive Programme on Research Processes and Projects Completed
İNÜ-CELT’s Research Processes and Projects training guided academics through project development, covering applications, methods, budgets, team building, and international support programmes.
The “CELT 2024–2025 Training: Research Processes and Projects” programme, organised by INU-CELT at İstanbul Nişantaşı University NeoTech Campus, concluded with strong academic participation. Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Yeşim Özer opened the programme, discussing research infrastructure, scientific objectives and national and international projects. She emphasised the strategic role of projects with TÜBİTAK, the European Union and UNESCO in increasing the university’s academic recognition.
Deputy Scientific Activities Coordinator Irmak Ak discussed the university’s position in scientific publications and academic events, the work of committees encouraging scientific activities and initiatives to improve academic performance. Projects Consultant Başak Zeynep Tüzün explained that work under Erasmus, Horizon and other European Union projects strengthens the university’s national and international position.
In the second session, Rector Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Komsuoğlu Çıtıpıtıoğlu discussed projects undertaken with İstanbul University’s Prof. Dr. Özgün Erler. Prof. Dr. Erler emphasised interdisciplinary work in international relations and explained ways to overcome bureaucratic and financial obstacles. Our Rector discussed mistakes in proposal writing and critical issues that can lead to rejection. She highlighted how unclear objectives, uncertain research methods and other shortcomings can cause even good projects to be rejected at application stage. Emphasising that successful projects are accepted through attention to detail, she underlined careful, planned work and assured academics of the university’s continued support.
The programme concluded with Associate Professor Selçuk Bildik, who outlined project stages as conceptualisation, writing, budgeting and effective resource use, stressing project formulation in engineering. He explained steps for defining objectives, implementation and evaluating impact, and highlighted criteria for forming a project team and achieving wider impact.
