One of our academicians from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Assoc. Prof. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek's project titled “From the Internal Ornament Workshop to the Digital Age: The Past, Present, and Future of Interior Architecture Education” was entitled to be supported within the scope of the 1001-The Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program “Special Call for the 100th Anniversary of Our Republic”.

The project “From the Internal Ornament Workshop to the Digital Age: The Past, Present, and Future of Interior Architecture Education”, which was carried out by one of our faculty members of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Assoc. Prof. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek was entitled to receive support under the “Special Call for the 100th Anniversary of Our Republic” held within the scope of the “1001 - The Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program” carried out by the Research Support Programs Presidency (ARDEB) to support research projects that aim to understand the historical, cultural, political, social, and economic dynamics of our Republic and to offer new perspectives for the vision of the future.

The main purpose of the project is to examine the past, present and future of interior architecture education and to reveal effective practices in the light of future technological developments, environmental/sustainability, social and economic developments towards global and national development goals. In this way, a contribution will be made to the definition of the evolution strategy of interior architecture vocational education in our country and to the development of its adaptation capacity.

We congratulate the project team consisting of Assoc. Prof. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek as the executive, Prof. Dr. Gülay Usta (IKU) and Prof. Dr. Rabia Köse Doğan (SU) as advisors, and Prof. Dr. Didem Baş, Assoc. Prof. Armağan Seçil Melikoğlu Eke (TU), Assoc. Prof. Özge Sever İslamoğlu (KTU), Assoc. Prof. Gülten Feryal Gündüz (IKU), Assist. Prof. D. Ferhan Yalçın (IAU) and Assist. Prof. Aslı Akyıldız (TU) as researchers and wish them continued success.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Mountaineering Club made a successful climb to the summit of the Kaçkar Mountains (3,937 meters) on August 10, 2024. Our team of ten people reached the summit at the end of a difficult stage lasting four days.

Mountaineering Club Advisor and Head of Entrepreneurship Department Assist. Prof. Artür Yetvart Mumcu waved the flag of Istanbul Kültür University and the Mountaineering Club at the summit.

The TÜBİTAK-4001 National and International Competition/Event Participation Support call has been launched to encourage high school students, as well as students, graduates, and entrepreneurs with post-secondary education levels, to produce projects, improve them through feedback, and participate in international scientific competitions and events related to their developed projects. This initiative aims to contribute to the development of human capital, one of the main components of the National Technology Initiative. Support is provided to students, graduates, teams composed of either students or graduates, or both, and entrepreneurs who wish to participate in scientific competitions and events held both in Türkiye and abroad.

The upper limit for project support is as follows:

- 4001-A National Competition/Event Participation Support: 100.000 TL (including VAT)
- 4001-B International Competition/Event Participation Support: 245.000 TL (including VAT)

The application deadline is September 30, 2024, at 17:30.

For further information about the call, you can contact the IKU Technology Transfer Office.

Applications for the TÜBİTAK-1001 – Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program’s 2024 second period have started to be accepted through the website https://ardeb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr/. This program supports projects that are align with scientific principles, and focused on producing new knowledge, making scientific interpretations, or solving technological problems. The final date for online submissions of project proposals is September 23, 2024, and the final date to complete the e-signature process for these projects is September 26, 2024.

The upper limit for project support (including scholarships, excluding Project Incentive Bonus (PTI) and institutional share) is 1.650.000 TL without an annual budget limitation. The maximum project duration is 36 months.

For further information, you can visit https://tubitak.gov.tr/tr/duyuru/ardeb-1001-programinin-2024-yili-2-donem-cagrilari-acildi or contact the IKU Technology Transfer Office.