In order to encourage research activities and to reward successful researchers, "Doctoral Dissertation Awards" will be given to dissertations with superior scientific quality in the fields of Liberal Arts, Engineering, Social and Human Sciences. Dissertations approved by the Institutes after 25 June 2025 will be evaluated within the scope of the "2026 Doctoral Dissertation Awards". Applications are to be submitted by the thesis advisor via EBYS to the BAP Administrative Coordination Office along with the "Doctoral Dissertation Award Application Form". Important points to be considered are as follows:

i. For each dissertation nominated for the award by the juries, the "Doctoral Dissertation Award Application Form" must be filled and the justification for the "Doctoral Dissertation Award" application must be explained by the thesis jury and signed in ink by all jury members. Screenshots of the confirmation messages sent to the thesis advisor from official e-mail addresses (the e-mail addresses associated with their affiliated institution) of the jury members whose wet signatures could not be obtained should be sent along with other documents via EBYS.

ii. The "Institute Executive Board Decision" stating that the dissertation has been approved and the "Electronic Copy of the Dissertation" must be submitted by the relevant institutes to the BAP Administrative Coordination Office via EBYS.

iii. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the Institute Administrative Board decision and the electronic copy of the dissertation (as .pdf) are forwarded to the BAP Administrative Coordinator. Applications that have not reached the BAP Administrative Coordination Office with the Institute decision and the electronic copy of the doctoral dissertation will not be evaluated by the Commission.

iv. Evaluations will be based on all academic activities (conferences, etc.) carried out during the doctorate (until the date of approval) with special emphasis on publications directly related to the dissertation topic. A copy of each product must be attached to the application.

v. The title of the publication(s), author(s), the journal in which it was published, the index(es), impact value and quartile of the journal in which it was published and the number of citations for each publication should be included.

All aforementioned procedures must be completed by 17:00 on Wednesday, 24 June 2026 at the latest. Applications after this date and time will not be accepted. The "Doctoral Dissertation Award Application Form", which can be prepared in English or Turkish, can be accessed from www.arastirma.boun.edu.tr under the heading "Forms" on the BAP Administrative Coordination Office website https://arastirma.bogazici.edu.tr/tr/bap/bap-koordinatorlugu/formlar-treng.