A First in Polar Research, TUBITAK Takes High School Students to the Poles
In an initiative launched for the first time, TÜBİTAK included three students who won first place in the TÜBİTAK High School Students’ Polar Research Projects Competition as members of the 7th National Antarctic Science Expedition. The students who placed first in the 2204-C High School Students’ Polar Research Projects Competition, organized by the TÜBİTAK Presidency for the Support of Scientists (BİDEB), were included in the delegation for the 7th National Antarctic Science Expedition, held under the auspices of the Presidency and administered by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TÜBİTAK […]
Preliminary Evaluation Results Announced for the 2204-C High School Students’ Polar Research Projects Competition and the 2204-D High School Students’ Climate Change Research Projects Competition
As part of the 2204-C High School Students’ Polar Research Projects Competition organized by TÜBİTAK, 64 projects were selected from a total of 631 applications across 4 categories; and 95 projects from a total of 1,130 applications across 6 fields in the 2204-D High School Students’ Climate Change Research Projects Competition qualified for the final stage of the competition following the jury’s evaluation. The final-stage project evaluations for these competitions will take place online from April 10–12, 2023, […]
Seventh National Antarctic Science Expedition Successfully Completed
In the 100th year of the Republic of Turkey, the Seventh National Antarctic Science Expedition (TAE VII) was successfully completed between January 30 and March 4, 2023, under the patronage of the Presidency, administered by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, coordinated by the TÜBİTAK MAM Institute of Polar Research, and led by Expedition Coordinator Prof. Dr. Burcu Özsoy. The 19-member research team participating in the fieldwork departed from Istanbul Airport and first traveled to […]
XIIIth SCAR Biology Symposium Announcement
The 13th SCAR Biology Symposium will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from July 31 to August 4, 2023. Submissions will be accepted from all scientific disciplines in the fields of environmental management, governance, science-policy interactions, Indigenous perspectives, and tourism as they relate to the Antarctic region. Interdisciplinary studies will also be accepted. Important Dates: Submissions are currently open. Submission Deadline: July 21 […]
Science Team for the 7th National Antarctic Science Expedition Starts its Journey
Held under the patronage of the Presidency, organized by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, and coordinated by the TÜBİTAK MAM Institute of Polar Research (KARE), the 7th National Antarctic Science Expedition, coordinated by the TÜBİTAK MAM Polar Research Institute (KARE) under the auspices of the Presidency and administered by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, began on January 30, 2023, from Istanbul Airport. The scientific team began their journey with their first flight to São Paulo, Brazil, and after four separate flights totaling approximately 22 hours, they arrived at 13,000 […]
The Poles are Transforming into Animation!
The project carried out by Ahsen Karakuş and Begüm Abdulhayoğlu—who were finalists in the Social and Human Sciences category of the 2204-C High School Students’ Polar Research Projects Competition, which concluded in 2022 amid great interest from young people—continues to attract attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52trKTatOc4&ab_channel=MustafaKemalKalkan The students summarize their project as follows: Our knowledge of the polar regions generally does not extend beyond polar bears, penguins, and the fact that they are remote and cold. The polar regions are associated only with climate change, […]
Step by Step to the White Continent...
Preparations are underway for the Seventh National Antarctic Science Expedition (TAE-VII), which will take place under the auspices of the Presidency, under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, and coordinated by the TÜBİTAK MAM Institute of Polar Research. Participants in the TAE-VII expedition, scheduled for the 2022–2023 Antarctic season, have completed wilderness survival training to prepare for working in Antarctica’s harsh conditions. The team underwent the training at Ayder Plateau in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize on January 4, 5, and 6, 2023 […]
TECHNOFEST STUDENTS WHO WILL GO TO ANTARCTICA TOLD THEIR FEELINGS TO TÜBİTAK MAM!
As part of TEKNOFEST, in the 2204-C High School Students“ Polar Research Projects Competition organized by the TÜBİTAK Directorate of the Scientist Support Program (BİDEB), Azra Ayşe Bıçakcı from Antalya İstek Schools, Hilal Başak Demirel, and Zeynep İpek Yanmaz, high school students from Antalya İstek Schools, took first place. The young people from Antalya earned an award at the 2022 TEKNOFEST for their project on ”producing bioplastic from acorns,” which focused on environmental awareness. TÜBİTAK, in an initiative it launched for the first time […]
Antarctic Lichens and Plants through the Eyes of Students
Two young students from Sakarya and Gaziantep created a “mail art” project by transforming their hand-drawn illustrations of several lichens and flowering plants found in Antarctica into products such as postage stamps, envelopes, and postcards, carried out a project titled “Promoting Antarctica’s Lichens and Flowering Plants Through Mail Art.” They later had this work printed in various sizes in collaboration with the PTT General Directorate. The lichens and plants, National […]
Announcement of the SC-HASS 2023 Conference
The SCAR SC-HASS conference, organized biennially by the SCAR Executive Committee on Social and Human Sciences, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2023. Submissions will be accepted from all disciplines within the social sciences, humanities, and arts related to the Antarctic region. Additionally, studies from the life sciences and medicine may be accepted through an interdisciplinary approach. Important Dates: Submissions are currently […]