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Details of the Scholarship and Collaborative Program
The scholarship is part of a collaborative program between The State University of New York and The Turkish Higher Education Council (Turkey's government body that oversees the country's 77 universities). As part of a broad system-to-system partnership between the two institutions, the Southeastern Anatolia Collaboration involves several new universities in the developing Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The program is intended as both a staff development project, to prepare assistant professors for these remotely located universities, and as a way to bring faculty members together for joint research and other collaborative projects.
Selection | Admission | Program | Travel | Visas
Selection:
Each scholarship recipient is selected for doctoral degree study by The Turkish Higher Education Council on the basis of a nationwide competitive examination, academic record and eligibility. Specific requirements to apply for a scholarship are determined and announced by the Higher Education Council and include having a master's degree in a relevant field. Following selection, each recipient is assigned to a university in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey to begin work as a research assistant until admission to a SUNY campus.
Admission:
Candidates must meet admission requirements of the SUNY campus, including English Language proficiency.
Program:
Upon admission and enrollment, the student will begin his or her coursework at the SUNY campus. The dissertation committee for the student will be comprised of faculty members from the SUNY campus and from the student's Turkish university, all who jointly supervise the student's work. A coordinator at The Turkish Higher Education Council will assist the students in selecting a faculty member from his or her university in Turkey. After successfully completing all doctoral coursework, each student must pass the appropriate admission to candidacy or qualifying examinations, and then return to the home university in Turkey to begin conducting research. When the research phase is completed, the student will return to the SUNY campus to write (if suitable) and defend his or her dissertation. The student and his or her committee may decide that the dissertation should be written mainly in Turkey.
Travel:
The student's advisor from Turkey will travel to the SUNY campus to meet with the other dissertation committee members for program planning and supervision. It is hoped that the faculty members will find mutual areas of interest and begin undertaking joint projects. During the research phase, the student's SUNY advisor should travel to Turkey for supervision and consultation.
Visas:
Upon successful completion of the doctoral degree, each student will return to Turkey to begin teaching in the faculty at the home university. In accordance with the requirements of this scholarship program, for each year that is spent in the U.S., the student must serve two years in Turkey. Because of this condition, J-1 visas should be issued by the State University of New York campuses.
Fall 2005
- Mr. Cuneyt Gozu, Department of Management and Information Systems, Ataturk University to the University at Albany
- Mr. Ugur Cem Hasar, Department of Computer Sciences, Ataturk University to Binghamton University
- Mr. Muhammed Ernur Akiner, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Harran to the University at Buffalo
- Mr. Muhammet Hadi Suzer, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Harran to Binghamton University
- Ms. Nazmiye Gurel, Department of English Language Teaching, University of Harran to the University at Buffalo
- Mr. Serkan Ada, Department of Management and Information Systems, K.Maras Sutcu Imam University to SUNY Oswego
- Mr. Erdem Aktas, Department of Computer Sciences, K.Maras Sutcu Imam University to Binghamton University
- Mr. Gokhan Boran, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Yuzuncu Yil University to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University
Spring 2005
- Mr. Mehmet Ekrem Cakmak, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Cukurova to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University
Fall 2004
- Ms. Yesim Soyer, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Harran to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University
- Mr. Ali Volkan Bilgili, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Harran to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University
- Mr. Mehmet Karaaslan, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Harran to the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University