TÜBİTAK 1512 BiGG — Entrepreneurship Support Grant
Offers Turkish founders and early startups with TÜBİTAK phased support for entrepreneurship readiness and commercialization.
TÜBİTAK 1512 BiGG (Bireysel Girişim) is a multi-stage entrepreneurship support program targeting early-stage technology entrepreneurs in Türkiye, including both pre-company founders and very early-stage startups. The program is structured sequentially: participants must first complete TÜBİTAK's Applied Entrepreneurship Training Program (the BiGG training component) before accessing grant funding s…
Early-stage technology entrepreneurship in Turkey, supporting pre-company and startup founders through a multi-stage program beginning with applied entrepreneurship training.
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