Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
17. Mednarodna konferenca o prenosu tehnologij 17th International Technology Transfer Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenya, 7 - 11 Kasım 2024, sa.214450179, ss.14-18
It is essential that researchers collaborate with international
colleagues and adhere to international standards to facilitate the
transfer of technology resulting from their research. In order to
participate in these projects, it is essential for researchers to have
a broad international network and reliable collaborators to form
international consortia. This study examines the strategy adopted
by Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) in its pursuit of the
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Programme and the subsequent results that enabled its
researchers to engage in prestigious international consortia and
access international funding sources. To increase the number of
Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) members in the
Management Committee (MC) and Working Group (WG) of
COST Actions, which have limited slots, each Action was
carefully reviewed, and individual meetings were held with
researchers. Technical and administrative support was provided
to facilitate researchers' participation in the Actions. A statistical
analysis was conducted for researchers who participated in
COST Actions over the past five years. The status of countries
involved in the COST program from 2019 to 2023 was examined.
Additionally, Türkiye’s performance during this period was
analyzed to assess the effectiveness of the developed strategy. As
a result of these analyses, in COST Actions in which a limited
number of KTU researchers were involved at the beginning of
2019, 252 researchers were involved in 528 actions by the end of
2023, becoming the first university in Türkiye in this context.
Thanks to the researchers and activation included in the COST
Programme, a 92.3% increase in the number of international
project applications and a 366% increase in the number of project
acceptances were observed between 2019 and 2023. The
findings indicated that these exemplary practices could serve as
an effective approach for the internationalisation of higher
education institutions