Istanbul Project Academy Project, carried out by the IstanbulChamber of Industry, is supported by the Istanbul Development Agency within the scope of the Innovative Istanbul Financial Support Program for 2021. The project, which started its activities as of February 15, 2022, will last for 15 months.

The aim of the Istanbul Project Academy is to develop an exemplary and expandable interface model, and to enable the manufacturing industry organizations in Turkey to benefit more from the R&D and innovation financing resources of the European Union. Facilitating access to Horizon Europe 2021-2027 funds and reducing barriers to entry.

Thanks to its interface model, Istanbul Project Academy will be an example of an impact and output-oriented co-development approach in the ecosystem by providing coordination among seven universities from Istanbul through industrial organizations and TTOs under the leadership of Istanbul Chamber of Industry.

Istanbul Project Academy will create an empowering effect for all industrial companies and universities at the Istanbul region level by supporting and contributing to the efforts of TÜBİTAK, the national contact point of the Horizon Europe program, to increase participation and success rate from Turkey.

While the Istanbul Project Academy takes the Horizon Europe program as its main target, it is aimed to be a structure that continues its activities in the next R&D and innovation framework programs of the European Union. For this reason, it is aimed to include all stakeholders in the ecosystem within this structure and to expand the scope of the Istanbul Project Academy by expanding it.