Application

To download the sample full-text document, click here and to download the sample poster presentation, click here .

Participation Rules

• Each participant may apply to the event with a maximum of 2 (two) projects; however, they may serve as the project coordinator in only one of them.
• Participants will receive a "Certificate of Participation" at the end of the event.
• All project applications must be prepared in Turkish. After the full-text files of the projects are evaluated, projects with a similarity rate below 30% that successfully pass the preliminary evaluation will be announced on the website on 11 November 2026.
• Applicants shall be deemed to have declared that the project idea and its content belong to them.
• Patent and development rights of the projects belong to the project owner.
• Evaluations will be conducted based on the TÜBİTAK 1503 Project Market Evaluation Form.

Travel and Accommodation Support

• For participants coming from outside Balıkesir Province, the maximum accommodation expense limit is 1,370 TRY per project.
• In order for these expenses to be reimbursed, documents and receipts proving the expenses incurred (bus/airline tickets, accommodation invoices, etc.) must be sent by e-mail to projepazari@balikesir.edu.tr no later than 1 (one) week after the event.

Important Notes

• The event is open to the public and external participants, and there may be audience members in the hall in addition to registered participants during project presentations. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not include any confidential information or information for which a patent application has not yet been filed if you do not wish such information to be disclosed.
• In order for travel and accommodation expenses to be reimbursed for project coordinators participating from outside Balıkesir, the application e-mail must include the coordinator's Republic of Türkiye identification number, telephone number, IBAN, and bank information.
• The full text of each submitted project will be checked by us using the "Turnitin" plagiarism and similarity detection software, and similarity reports will be generated. Projects with a similarity rate exceeding 30%, excluding the "References" section, will be announced on the Home Page and excluded from evaluation. Only one application may be submitted for the same project. (Even if the similarity rate is reduced after an initial rejection, the same project will not be evaluated again.)
• It is a prerequisite that the submitted project has not previously been presented at any congress, competition, or similar event and has not received an award, patent, or utility model registration.
• Project coordinators must provide their Republic of Türkiye identification numbers and telephone numbers when submitting their projects.
• Travel and accommodation expenses will be paid only for the project coordinator. Even if more than one person participates in the same project, financial support will be provided only to the coordinator, and no separate payment will be made to team members.
• Applications that do not include the Project Application Form and Letter of Undertaking will be considered invalid.
• Poster and presentation materials will be prepared by the project owners. Posters will be printed by us in 50 cm × 70 cm format and will be made available at the event venue by us.
• Project presentations will be delivered by only 1 (one) person.
• The time allocated for each project presentation is 10 minutes, including the question-and-answer session.
• In the order of names listed in the full-text document and poster presentation, the first name must be the person who will deliver the presentation.
• Doctoral students, as well as Research Assistants and Lecturers, will be evaluated under the academic category.

Thematic Areas

Poster