Master's Thesis Project

Definition and Scope: Projects approved by the Institute Executive Board Decision of the Higher Education Institution, where Master's thesis topics are converted into project format and conducted under the supervision of an advisor, with only the thesis student and, if any, a second advisor as assistant researchers.

Who Can Apply: 

1. Our university faculty members who have completed their doctorate can apply. 
2. A student has the right to receive support for only one master's study within our university. 

Application Process and Evaluation Principles: 

1. The support upper limit for this type of project is decided at the BAP Commission meeting and announced on the BAP website.
2. Applications are made through BAP Automation.
3. Master's Thesis Project Applications are carried out after the thesis proposal (title) is approved by the Institute Executive Board Decision.
4. Project applications may be sent for review by referees determined by the BAP Commission based on necessity, and the commission decides whether to support the project based on referee opinions. 

Restrictions:

1. Project managers can conduct a maximum of 12 postgraduate thesis projects at the same time.
2. No travel, per diem, or participation fees are paid for participation in domestic or international congresses, symposiums, conferences, etc., for the project manager/second advisor if any, only support is provided for the thesis student who is an assistant researcher, and the upper limit is updated by the BAP Commission.
3. The upper limit for fuel, stationery, office supplies, and printing binding expenses is updated by the BAP Commission. The determined upper limits are announced on the BAP website. (Except for photocopying requests within the scope of surveys/scales/applications)
4. No translation fee is paid within the scope of thesis projects, but payment is made for proofreading services for articles prepared to be published in journals indexed in Web of Science. The upper limit for proofreading fees is determined annually by the BAP Commission. The determined upper limits are announced on the BAP website.
5. The contribution rates of the manager and researcher in thesis projects should be distributed equally. If there is a second researcher in the projects, the contribution rate of the project manager should be 60%, and the contribution rates of other researchers should be distributed equally.
6. Assistant researchers who have previously received project support but have not successfully completed the project are not given a new project of the same type.

Execution and Conclusion Process: 

1. Interim reports are sent online through BAP Automation in accordance with the interim report format at one-year intervals. 
2. All requests (additional materials, additional time, adding/removing researchers, etc.) are sent through BAP Automation. 
3. The final reports of thesis projects are accepted as the theses approved by the relevant institute. However, if there is no obligation to mention BAP Coordination support anywhere in the thesis writing guide of the relevant institute, it is mandatory to include a statement on the summary and abstract pages of the thesis copy submitted to BAP Coordination, such as “This study was supported by Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Scientific Research Projects Unit. Project Number: .…”
4. To conclude the project, project managers must upload the electronic version of the thesis they uploaded to YÖKTEZ as a PDF and the relevant EYK decision that the thesis was successfully completed to BAP Automation. 
5. To freeze thesis projects, the project manager's request and the student's relevant institute decision must have frozen the study period. Thesis projects can be frozen for the duration frozen by the relevant institute. 
6. The affiliation of the student who is a researcher can be terminated after the final report (the thesis itself) is uploaded to BAP automation.
7. The final reports of this type of project must be published as a full-text article in journals indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and/or TR Index within two years at the latest (or have received a DOI number).
8. In the published article, it is mandatory to include a statement such as "This study was supported by Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Scientific Research Projects Commission. Project Number: …” or a similar meaning.