PROJECTS & GRANTS

Project Title: GenAI
Funding Agency: European Commission - Horizon Europe
Year: 2026-2029
Position: Principal Investigator (PI)

Project Title: METEOR
Funding Agency: Horizon Europe
Year: 2024-2027 (3 Years)
Position: PI

Project Title: ICSE STEAM Vision
Funding Agency: European Commission - Horizon Europe
Year: 2026-2028
Position: PI

Project Title: ICSE Science Factory
Funding Agency: European Commission - Horizon Europe
Year: 2023-2026
Position: PI

Project Title: CoVE STEM Europe
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2025-2029 (4 Years)
Position: PI

Project Title: Imagine, Innovate, Impact (i3)
Funding Agency: Horizon Europe
Year: 2024-2026 (2 Years)
Position: Coordinator

Project Title: Meaningful Open Schooling Connects Schools to Communities (MOST)
Funding Agency: European Commission - H2020-SwafS
Year: 2020-2023
Position: PI

Project Title: ICSE Teacher Academy
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2022-2025
Position: PI

Project Title: Perspectives for Lifelong STEM Teaching -Career Guidance, Collaborative Practice and Competence Development (3C4Life)
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2021-2024
Position: PI

Project Title: Teaching standard STEM topics with a key competence approach (STEMkey)
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2020-2023
Position: Lead Researcher

Project Title: Strategies for Assessment in Inquiry Learning in Science (SAILS)
Funding Agency: European Commission - FP7 Project- Science in Society
Year: 2012-2016
Position: Lead Researcher

Project Title: European STEM Professional Development Centre Network (STEM PD Net)
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus +
Year: 2016-2019
Position: PI

Project Title: Towards a New Model of Teachers' Professional Competence Development on Climate Change
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus +
Year: 2021-2023
Position: PI

Project Title: Science Teacher Education Advanced Methods (S-TEAM)
Funding Agency: European Commission - FP7 Project- Science in Society
Year: 2009-2012
Position: PI

Project Title: Mathematics and science for life (MaScil)
Funding Agency: European Commission - FP7 Project- Science in Society
Year: 2013-2016
Position: PI

Project Title: Supporting mathematics and science teachers in addressing diversity and promoting fundamental values (MaSDiV)
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2017-2020
Position: PI

Project Title: Environmental socio-scientific issues in initial teacher education (ENSITE)
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2019-2022
Position: PI

Project Title: EMERGENT: Gender awareness and implementation strategies in STEM education
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2018-2021
Position: PI

Project Title:Integrated Approach to STEM Teacher Training (STEM)
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2019-2021
Position: PI

Project Title: STEM & Makers Fest/Expo
Funding Agency: US Embassy Ankara
Year: 2018-2019
Position: PI

Project Title: Innovative Networks for Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics education (INSTEM)
Funding Agency: European Commission - LLP
Year: 2013-2015
Position: PI

Project Title: STEM Teacher Training Innovation for Gender balance
Funding Agency: European Commission - Erasmus+
Year: 2015-2017
Position: PI

Project Title: Educating trainers of science centers
Funding Agency: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) - SOBAG 1001
Year: 2015-2017
Position: PI

Project Title: Continuing Teacher Professional Development to Support�Teaching about the Nature of Science
Funding Agency: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) - SOBAG 1001. Project No: 111K527
Year: 2012-2015
Position: PI

Project Title: Akyaka Nature and Science Camp
Funding Agency: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) - Science and Society Projects. Project No: 108B006
Year: 2008-2009
Position: PI

Scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of National Education during his doctoral studies at the University of Leeds, U.K.

Scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of National Education during his master's studies at the University of York, U.K.

Scholarship from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) during his postdoctoral study at Stanford University, USA. (Grant number: TUBITAK-BIDEB-2219 - International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme)