UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

Protocols are signed between Universities and Turkish Aerospace to determine the principles and procedures for collaborations such as improving the education, teaching and research collaborations, launching joint research and development projects, and organizing scientific activities such as joint conferences, seminars, symposia, workshops, panels.

Program for Training Researchers for the Defense Industry (SAYP)
Program for Training Researchers for the Defense Industry  (SAYP) aims to train students who will do graduate study with a thesis in subjects needed by our company as a qualified staff in defense through our Company means.

Please check out the Defense Industry Office (SSB) SAYP program information page for program information.

Procedures and Principles of SAYP Projects:

Procedures

• A SAYP Protocol must be signed between SSM, Turkish Aerospace and the University
• Starting, modifying and closing a project is subject to both Turkish Aerospace and SSM approval under Turkish Aerospace Internal Processes.
• Turkish Aerospace primarily prefers Doctoral Thesis Projects rather than Graduate Thesis Projects.
• The project subject (thesis subject) must be relevant to the Turkish Aerospace Technology Roadmap.
• Project planning and Project Proposal is created by the relevant Turkish Aerospace department and the University.

Features

• The project is for three persons: Researcher (Theis Student: Doesn’t have to be a Turkish Aerospace staff member), Thesis Advisor (University Faculty Member Advising the Thesis Student), Industrialist Thesis Consultant (TUSAS staff member)
• Thesis Advisor is paid personnel wages under the project (the wage amount taken by SSM and Turkish Aerospace will be considered).
• Thesis Student may be paid personnel wages under the project if he/she is a University staff member.
• Thesis Student who is not a University staff member and is not working for another company may be paid personnel wages under the project if the University has a TTO authorized to invoice.
• The amount determined by SSM and Turkish Aerospace will be considered in project budgets.
• Project payments from Turkish Aerospace to the University will be made through the University Revolving Fund Management Department or the University TTO.
• Projects with a low Budget Statement Revolving Fund Coefficient (the Agency Share, in case of working with TTO) (less than 15%) are preferable.
• Project procurements will be made by the University (Revolving Fund Management Department or TTO).
• The financially successful completion of the project is subject to the condition of the publication of the thesis.