The Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Coordinatorship for Incentives and Awards carries out its activities with the aim of encouraging academic, scientific, artistic, and societal contributions across the University, recognizing and rewarding high-quality achievements, and fostering a sustainable culture of success. Among its primary objectives are enhancing the motivation of academic staff, supporting scientific productivity, and strengthening the University’s competitiveness at both national and international levels.
The Coordinatorship operates pursuant to Article 13/b-4 of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 and officially commenced its activities on 24 October 2025. Within this framework, the Coordinatorship plans, implements, and continuously improves incentive and award mechanisms in alignment with the University’s strategic objectives.
Our Mission is to support academic and scientific activities carried out within the University, establish a fair and transparent system that encourages achievement, and ensure the sustainability of academic development by recognizing and rewarding high-quality scholarly output.
Our Vision is to establish an incentive and award system that enhances academic performance, is based on objective and measurable criteria, stands out through transparent evaluation processes, and serves as a model for other higher education institutions through exemplary practices.
In carrying out its activities, the Coordinatorship adheres to the principles of fairness and equality, transparency, objectivity, academic excellence, accountability, and participation. Equal opportunities are ensured throughout all processes, evaluations are based on measurable criteria, and outcomes are managed in a transparent and traceable manner.
The core responsibilities of the Coordinatorship include planning and implementing incentive and award processes; receiving applications and coordinating evaluation procedures; establishing and updating academic performance criteria; monitoring and reporting scientific achievements; and providing strategic recommendations to the University administration in these areas. In addition, developing academic incentive programs, ensuring the effective implementation of award processes, and enhancing the visibility of high-quality academic work are among the Coordinatorship’s priority areas of activity.
To facilitate academic staff members’ access to incentive and award processes, the Coordinatorship manages the application, evaluation, and finalization stages through a systematic and user-oriented approach. Application periods, evaluation criteria, and relevant guidelines are regularly announced on the website, while all processes are conducted within the framework of the principles of transparency.
The Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Coordinatorship for Incentives and Awards remains firmly committed to its role as an institutional body that supports scientific productivity, recognizes and promotes academic achievement, and fosters academic development across the University.