METU-TECHNOPOLIS
Middle East Technical
University
• First campus university in Turkey
• Over 23.000 students
• 16500 undergraduate, 4100 Ms, 2400 PhD
• Over 1400 international students from 68 different countries
• 2500 academic staff
• 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties
• 5 Graduate Schools with 93 master’s and 61 doctorate programs
• 40 research centers, 365 laboratories
• International Projects
• EU FP: 31 ongoing, 58 completed
• Other Int. Projects: 30 ongoing, 41 completed
The first and the biggest
science and technology park in Turkey
Prioritized Sectors
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ICT
Electronics
Defense Technologies
Biotechnology
Telecommunication
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Energy
Automotive
Chemistry
Advanced Materials
Environment
Laboratories
Faculties
Academicians, Students,
Graduates
R&D
Centers
METU
METU TECHNOPOLIS
Technology Transfer
Technology Cooperation
MEMS
METU-MEMS
Incubation Center
Technology Based
Business Plan Contest
Software Houses
Companies
METU-KOSGEB
TEKMER
Incubation Center
R&D Buildings
Telecommunication
Companies
Pre-Incubation Center
Technology Investors
Association
Türk Telekom
Incubation Center
Technology Investors
Association
Technology Offer and Technology Request
Technology
Profile
Project offers and
partner searches are
submitted as
Technology Request
Company
Profile
Turkish
Companies
Expression of Interests
Consortium is formed
Dissemination
of the
Technology
Request
European
Companies /
Organizations
METUTECH ATOM
• METU-Technopolis Animation Technologies and Game Development Center
• Target groups : Students
• Allocated office space : 600m2
• Completed infrastructure
(hardware, software, office equipment, etc.)
• First priority : Game development
• Limited amount of financing, mentoring services, business consultancy,
secretariat, etc.
• After two years transfer into incubation center.
Business Plan Contest
2005 Figures
2006 Figures
2007 Figures
2008 Figures
2009 Figures
Teams Registered
195
263
348
500
300
Teams Participated
65
68
58
107
82
Teams Selected
11
10
12
12 + 5
12 + 6
Teams Admitted Their
Business Plan
7
9
8
17
14
Companies
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1
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3
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•Training courses provided free of charge
•Jury formed by METUTECH company owners, academicians, business men
•Winner awarded with 70,000 $ in cash as seed fund for general category
•Winner awarded with 50,000 $ in cash as seed fund for telecommunication category
•Winner awarded with 50,000 $ in cash as seed fund for defense industry category (Contribution of Undersecretary
of Defence Industry)
•Winner awarded with 20,000 $ in cash as seed fund for industry category
•Office space for 3 years allocated in METUTECH at no cost
•Finalists were supported at the events
www.yfyi.info
Technology Transfer Office
(TTO)
• METUTECH-TTO
established in 2007
• By the end of year 2009
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19 PCT applications
10 TR applications
2 Utility Model
7 others (USA, Japan etc.)
METUTECH-BAN
• The first business angels network of Turkey
• Aims to support early stage financing problems of SME’s
priority
• Founders :
– METU alumni
– Managers of successful METUTECH companies
• Member of EBAN
• Hosted EBAN 2010 Annual Congress
www.metutechban.org
PLATFORM
TSSP-METUTECH DEFENSE INDUSTRY
MODSIM PLATFORM
TSSP
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Constituted of + 70 High-tech R&D companies.
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%90 of these companies are SME’s.
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Contribution to policy making mechnism.
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Active involvement in development of national defense industry.
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First brokerage event took place at 29.11.2010with attandance of
+50 companies and 400 attendants.
www.tssp.gen.tr
MODSIM
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Restruction of old platform for modeling and simulation technologies
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Covering modelling, simulation and gaming companies in national level to create
international appearences and cooperations.
METUTECH EU PROJECT OFFICE
Services that can be provided by Metutech EU Project Office During Project Writing Phase:
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Preparation of project budget
Establishing an effective project management structure
Establishing a work breakdown structure, Gantt chart and pert diagram for the project
Establishing time tables and person month distribution to work packages
Writing financial parts of the project
Writing implementation parts of the project
Writing expected impact part of the project or supporting academic members when writing this section
Planning and writing the dissemination and exploitation strategy of the proposal
Writing Intellectual Property Right section of the proposal
Arrangement of deliverables’ submission dates or supporting academic members when writing this
section
Developing a risk management plan
Explaining the relevance of the proposal to EU priorities
Eligibility check of the proposal according to requirement of call
Emphasizing the important part of the proposal (which an important aspect for evaluators)
Filling of the A1, A2 and A3 forms as online
Submission of the proposal from EPSS in suitable format
METUTECH EU PROJECT OFFICE
Services that can be provided by Metutech EU Project Office During Project Management
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Managing the negotiation process of the project
Checking the consortium and grant agreement by looking for partner’s own benefits
Preparation of agreement that will be mutually signed by the parties
Controlling and monitoring the project expenditure in terms of approved project budget and FP7
financial guide and documenting and achieving those expenditures
• according to EU legislation
• according to Turkish legislation
• according to METU legislation
Preparation of financial parts of periodic reports, mid-term and final report of the project according to
EU legislation
Preparing VAT exemption forms and submitting it to Ministry of Finance and following VAT Exemption
Certificate Application Process
Preparing periodic VAT exemption declaration and submitting it to TAB
Preparing personal time sheets and submitting it to TAB
Arranging and keeping personnel and expenditures records and informing respective departments of
METU
Achieving the whole project document during the project’s lifetime and up to five years after the
closure of the project
www.metutech.metu.edu.tr