2019-2020 Academic Year Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Research Award

Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Research Award is to be granted for 2019-2020 academic year by Sabancı University, to commemorate our honorable faculty member and to promote successful academic research.

The award will be given by the award jury to at least one FENS PhD graduate or PhD graduate candidate, who has come into prominence with outstanding research.

Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Research Award Terms and Conditions:

A total amount of 10.000 TL will be awarded to the winner(s).

All FENS PhD students who graduated in or after 2017-2018 Spring semester or will graduate in 2019- 2020 Spring semester (including the candidates who will defend their thesis by 17 ^th of JULY, 2020) are eligible for application or nomination.

The candidates may apply for the award themselves or they may be nominated by FENS faculty members. Each candidate may apply or may be nominated only once.

All applications and nominations should be made through the online system until April 20, 2020.

Award jury members are assigned by FENS Dean’s suggestion and President’s approval.

The jury will consider candidates’ work/ thesis, research findings and their impact and contributions, publications, patents etc. produced during their research studies at Sabancı University for evaluation.

The evaluation will be completed with President’s approval.

The award(s) will be presented at the graduation ceremony on June 20, 2020.

Please click here to make an application:

https://w3.sabanciuniv.edu/fensware/ta/index.php?menu=gurselsonmez

In the online the application,

A resume/CV including the full list of the candidate’s academic works,
A cover letter, summarizing the candidate’s work along with obtained results and impact on the field, (please state your best 3 papers, or add them to the pdf)
Selected minimum 1 maximum 3 journal papers
One recommendation letter from the advisor and 2 name suggestions to evaluate the candidate and his/her work,
If any, information documenting any rewards/recognitions/ applied or accepted patent(s) on the candidate’s work

should be submitted, and

The publications (journal articles, conference proceedings/presentations, books, book chapters etc.) produced from the candidate’s work should be entered in the Research Database.

Please contact FENS Dean’s Office (banuakinci@sabanciuniv.edu) for further questions.