Academic Incentive Commission

1. Purpose of the Commission

To carry out an evaluation process in accordance with the "Academic Incentive Allowance" application of YÖK for publications, projects, patents, citations and scientific activities of academic staff.

To improve the quality of research and publication of the program by promoting scientific productivity.

2. Structure of the Commission

President: Assist. Asst. Prof. Şükran EBREN KARA

Members: Inst. Asst. Musa KAPLAN

Secretary: Lecturer Res. Asst. Fuat ESMERAY

3. Basic Duties and Responsibilities

A. Policy and Guideline Creation

To prepare an up-to-date draft of the "Academic Incentive Directive" for the program by examining the Academic Incentive Regulation and university directives of the Council of Higher Education.

To determine incentive criteria (breakthrough, SCI/SCIE, project budget, patent, etc.) and scoring scales.

B. Application and Information Process

To prepare the academic incentive application calendar (first and additional semesters) and announce it to the instructors within the program.

To make the application guide, form and additional documents (publication list, project approval documents, citation transcripts, etc.) accessible.

Organizing information meetings and explaining the application conditions, calendar and evaluation criteria.

C. Preliminary Review and Application Acceptance

Checking application files for missing documents, procedural errors and application eligibility.

Allow a completion time for incomplete or erroneous applications; To exclude applications that are not completed on time.

D. Evaluation and Decision Making

To score each application independently according to the established scoring criteria.

To rank by adding the resulting scores, to apply secondary criteria such as the number of citations, journal index and project size in cases with equal scores.

To make decisions by majority vote; In the event of a tie, the president's vote is decisive.

E. Documentation and Reporting

To prepare the "Academic Incentive Evaluation Report" including the decision texts, score tables and justifications.

To submit the report to the Vocational School Directorate and related units; announcing the approved list.

To keep all application files and minutes in the archive.

F. Monitoring and Improvement

To monitor the project outputs, publication follow-up and citation development of the faculty members who use incentive allowance throughout the year.

To prepare an annual "Academic Incentive Impact Report" to measure the change in program outcomes and to offer strategy recommendations.

4. Working Procedure

Meeting Frequency: At least 3 ordinary meetings at the beginning of the academic year, before and after the incentive period; extraordinary meetings when necessary.

Decision-Making: Members decide by majority vote; the chairman's vote is decisive in equality.

Minutes and Reports: After each meeting, decisions, scoring documents and justifications are recorded in minutes.