The Public Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem 2026 Call for Proposals is now open

March 13, 2026

The call for proposals titled "Public Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem – 2026," aiming to develop artificial intelligence solutions needed by public institutions and organizations, has been opened for applications.

This call, which aims to develop artificial intelligence solutions needed by public institutions and organizations, utilize and disseminate knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence for these solutions, is being implemented under the TÜBİTAK Public Institutions Research and Development Projects Support Program (1007 Program). The Presidency of the Republic of Turkey's Cybersecurity Directorate is the client institution. The call, titled "Public Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem - 2026," was opened by the Public Research Support Group (KAMAG) as of March 2, 2026.

The call is planned in three stages.

In the first stage, applications will be received from public institutions in need.

In the second stage, needs will be prioritized by a commission (Cybersecurity Directorate, KAMAG, AI), and technical requirements documents will be prepared for 10 applications.

In the final stage, project applications prepared by the implementing organizations in accordance with the specified technical requirements will be received.

The call budget has been set at 15,000,000 TL.

In this call, private sector or public R&D units working on artificial intelligence must be the Project Management Organization (PMO). Depending on the nature of the technology to be developed, universities can also be included in the consortium structure as Project Implementing Organizations (PMOs).

The call covers the following themes:

Financial Technologies,

Smart Manufacturing Systems,

Smart Agriculture, Food and Livestock,

Climate Change and Sustainability,

E-Commerce Technologies,

Smart Education Technologies.

Furthermore, the consortium receiving project support must sign a pre-contractual cooperation protocol with TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Artificial Intelligence Institute (AII). The consortium applying for the project must submit a commitment to sign the relevant protocol prior to the contract as an annex to the project proposal. The draft protocol can be accessed here.

Public institutions in need must apply to the Cyber ​​Security Directorate by April 2, 2026.

The needs and technical requirements document for public institutions and organizations, as determined within the scope of the call, will be announced on the 1007 Calls page on June 5, 2026. Technical coordination regarding needs and requirements will be provided by YZE.

Click here to access the application system.

Project proposals must be registered in the system by August 6, 2026.