TÜBİTAK ARDEB Proposal Scaffolder — 1001, 1002-A & 3501

Scaffolds a TÜBİTAK ARDEB (Araştırma Destek Programları Başkanlığı — the Research Support Programmes directorate) proposal against the official form structure, in the directorate's own Turkish section order, then maps the researcher's content into each heading and checks the limits a proposal is returned on. It owns the Turkish-specific form structure, terminology, and program rules only — generic grant-craft (broader-impacts argumentation, feasibility narrative, Gantt aesthetics) is delegated to alterlab-research-grants.

Three variants:

• 1001 — Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Projelerini Destekleme Programı (Support

Programme for Scientific and Technological Research Projects). The full program: an uploaded .doc form, two calls a year, panel evaluation.

• 1002-A — Hızlı Destek Modülü (Fast Support Module). Short, small-budget, rolling. Since

the 2025 redesign there is no .doc template: the applicant types each section into the PBS screens (with word ranges) and the system generates the form. It also funds needs arising in an accepted doctoral thesis, with the doctoral student as PI.

• 3501 — Kariyer Geliştirme Programı (Career Development Programme). Project support for

early-career PIs: within 7 years of the doctorate (for 2026 applications, degree dated 01.01.2019 or later; +1 year per birth), doçent or lower, never funded by 3501 before. Rolling, typed into PBS screens with word ranges like 1002-A, and adds a Kariyer Geliştirme Potansiyeli section and the PI's thesis information.

Quick Start

Write me a TÜBİTAK 1001 proposal outline for <topic>
Draft the özgün değer (original value) section for my ARDEB 1001
Scaffold a 1002-A Hızlı Destek başvurusu
3501 Kariyer Geliştirme projemin başlıklarını ve kelime sınırlarını çıkar
Turn my NSF broader-impacts paragraph into a TÜBİTAK yaygın etki section

→ Pick the variant, generate the section tree (scripts/scaffold_proposal.py), draft each heading from the user's material, then run the structure check (scripts/scaffold_proposal.py --check) before reporting. Include the verify-current-call note every time — caps, forms and word ranges change by call period.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the request is to author, outline, or section-map a TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001, 1002-A or 3501 proposal, check a 3501 PI's career-stage eligibility, draft a specific Turkish section (özgün değer = original value; yaygın etki = broader impact/dissemination; yöntem = method; iş paketi = work package; kariyer geliştirme potansiyeli = career-development potential), or translate international broader-impacts framing into TÜBİTAK terminology.

Does NOT Trigger

The route below sends adjacent requests to the correct sibling skill in the suite. This skill does not check journal indexing, compute career points, or write a non-Turkish grant.

The Form Trees

Section names are the directorate's own headings; references/form_structure.md has the full annotated trees and a drafting brief per heading.

1001 (official .doc form)

1002-A (PBS entry screens, word ranges from the Dec-2025 Başvuru İçeriği Bilgi Notu)

3501 (PBS entry screens, word ranges from the 3501 Başvuru İçeriği Bilgi Notu, 2026-05 upload)

Map, don't invent. Evaluators score against these headings; never silently restructure them into an IMRaD paper. In every variant literature review, report writing, dissemination, article writing and procurement are not work packages.

The Hard Limits

A proposal that breaks these can be returned without scientific review. The checker pins them; references/program_profiles.md has the full table with sources, read on 2026-09-23.

Verify-current-call note (include it every time). Every TRY figure, page limit, word range and duration is dated. Before the user submits, WebFetch the live program page (and, for 1002-A and 3501, the current Başvuru İçeriği Bilgi Notu) listed in references/program_profiles.md and reconcile.

How Proposals Are Scored

1001 goes to a panel with these weights (official panel evaluation form); draft each section to its criterion. Full criteria in references/review_criteria.md.

1002-A goes to external advisors (dış danışman) on three criteria: Bilimsel Nitelik, Proje Yönetimi, Çıktı-Etki-Kazanımlar.

3501 is scored on five criteria — Özgün Değer, Yöntem, Proje Yönetimi, Kariyer Geliştirme Potansiyeli, Yaygın Etki — each question rated on a six-level scale (Çok iyi … Çok yetersiz). The 3501 evaluation form publishes no weights: never apply 1001's 35/25/20/20 to a 3501 draft. The career criterion asks how the PI's master's/doctoral work relates to the proposal and what new skills or interdisciplinary capability the project brings — so fill the thesis step and §4 with specifics, not a CV summary.

Generative-AI Use — TÜBİTAK ÜYZ Rehberi (Eylül 2025; v04, Ocak 2026)

TÜBİTAK's Destek Süreçlerinde Üretken Yapay Zekânın (ÜYZ) Sorumlu ve Güvenilir Kullanımı Rehberi (tubitak.gov.tr/sites/default/files/2025-09/uyz_rehberi_ardeb.pdf, still linked from the ARDEB forms) applies to every TÜBİTAK application and to progress/final reports. The guide page (tubitak.gov.tr/tr/kurumsal/hakkimizda/uretken-yapay-zeka-rehberi) now serves v04, Ocak 2026 (2026-01/UYZ_Rehberi_v04_TR.pdf, read 2026-09-23), which keeps the rules below. Because this skill is generative-AI help, tell the user what the guide asks of them:

• Declare significant use. Drafting any section, generating code or figures, or producing

content that supports the main arguments counts as significant (plain spelling/grammar checks do not). The declaration goes in the section PBS provides for it and names the tool and version, the sections or stages where it was used, and the nature of the use (first draft, editing, code, translation).

• The applicant stays fully responsible. Treat drafts from this skill as a starting point to

rewrite in the applicant's own words, and verify every claim and reference (run alterlab-citation-verifier on EK-1) — fabricated references or data count as research misconduct under TÜBİTAK's AYEK regulation.

• Keep confidential material out of AI tools. The guide says not to enter unpublished data or

ideas that are confidential, personal data under KVKK (e.g. team CVs), or third parties' confidential information, and to check the tool's privacy and data-use terms first. Work from what the user chooses to share, suggest placeholders for sensitive details, and remind them of this rule when they paste such material.

• Evaluators may not use generative AI at all. If the user is a TÜBİTAK panelist, hakem,

danışman or izleyici asking for help assessing someone else's proposal or report, explain that the guide forbids this (Bölüm 2) and do not process the proposal text.

Terminology Bridge (international ↔ TÜBİTAK)

When the user arrives with NSF/NIH/ERC material, translate the concept, not word-for-word. Full glossary in references/terminology_bridge.md.

Pipeline (how to run it)

1. Choose the variant and generate the scaffold

uv run python skills/turkish-academia/alterlab-tubitak-proposal/scripts/scaffold_proposal.py \
    --program 1001 \
    --title "<project title>" \
    --out proposal_scaffold.md

--program accepts 1001, 1002a or 3501. The script emits the Markdown section tree with the TR heading, its English gloss, the evaluation criterion each section serves, a short drafting brief, and (1002-A, 3501) the word range. Use --lang tr (default) or --lang both for bilingual headings.

2. Draft each section from the user's material

Fill the scaffold from what the user provides. Keep the directorate's ordering. For özgün değer, state the gap and the new contribution explicitly. For yaygın etki, populate all three sub-parts (çıktılar / etkiler / yayılım ve bilim iletişimi). Pull literature into EK-1 — and have alterlab-citation-verifier existence-check the bibliography before submission. For 1002-A and 3501, remind the user that the text goes into the PBS fields, section by section. For 3501, check the PI's eligibility first (7-year window, title, no earlier 3501), then make the thesis step and §4 Kariyer Geliştirme Potansiyeli concrete: what the theses established, what this project adds, which new skills it builds.

3. Check the limits and structure

uv run python skills/turkish-academia/alterlab-tubitak-proposal/scripts/scaffold_proposal.py \
    --check proposal_scaffold.md --program 1001

The checker reports missing sections, word counts against each section's limit (1001: TR and EN özet ≤ 600; 1002-A and 3501: the min–max ranges), stated durations/budgets above the ceiling, and whether a B Planı is present. It is advisory — it never edits the proposal, and it always restates the verify-current-call note because the ceilings are period-specific. Heading matching is case-insensitive for Turkish (İ/ı), and --self-test runs the offline checks for all three variants.

4. Hand off and disclaim

• Veri Yönetim Planı (uploaded to PBS with the application) → alterlab-aperta for the TÜBİTAK

template and alterlab-kvkk-dmp for the KVKK analysis; ethics → alterlab-tr-research-ethics. For 1002-A and 3501 the etik kurul approval or legal/special permit is requested only once the project is selected for funding, within a set deadline, and the project does not start without it — so tell the user to start those applications early. For 3501 the Veri Yönetim Planı is generated by PBS from the entered information.

• Remind the user of the AI-use declaration and to confirm the live caps before submission.

Submission Surface (read-only facts)

• PBS — Proje Başvuru Sistemi at ardeb-pbs.tubitak.gov.tr. Proposals are entered and

submitted here and signed with a qualified e-imza by the team and institution officials.

• ARBİS — Araştırmacı Bilgi Sistemi at arbis.tubitak.gov.tr. A current ARBİS record

(personal, education, experience, expertise keywords, publications) is a prerequisite; tell the user to refresh it before starting the PBS entry.

This skill does not automate or log into either system — it produces the content the researcher pastes or uploads.

Self-Check Before Reporting

• Did you use the directorate's section order and Turkish headings for the right variant?
• 1001: is the özet within 600 words in BOTH Turkish and English? 1002-A and 3501: is every

section inside its word range?

• 3501: is the PI within the 7-year window (2026: doctorate dated 01.01.2019 or later, +1 year

per birth), doçent or lower, with no earlier 3501 — and is no professor listed as a researcher? Did you avoid applying 1001's weights to 3501?

• Did you state duration/budget only with the verify-current-call note, never as a

guaranteed cap?

• Does every risky work package have a B Planı, and does §4 (or 1002-A §4) cover outputs,

impacts and dissemination?

• Did you tell the user how to declare the AI assistance and to verify every reference?
• Did you route data-plan, ethics, indexing, and reporting asks to the correct siblings?

References

• references/form_structure.md — the annotated 1001 form tree and the 1002-A and 3501 PBS

screens, with a drafting brief per heading and the 1001-vs-1002-A and 1001-vs-3501 deltas.

• references/program_profiles.md — per-program caps (duration, budget, window, format,

eligibility) with dates and the live verification URLs, and a 3501-vs-1001 table.

• references/review_criteria.md — the 1001 panel criteria and weights, the 1002-A criteria,

the five 3501 criteria (no published weights), and common rejection patterns.

• references/terminology_bridge.md — international ↔ TÜBİTAK concept glossary.

Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.