TEKMER — Technology Development Center Support Program

TEKMER is KOSGEB's support program for building technology development centers in Turkey. It funds pre-incubation, incubation, and post-incubation infrastructure for R&D, innovation, and technology entrepreneurship, so the core beneficiary is the ecosystem builder rather than a single startup. The program supports several cost buckets at a 75 percent rate: furniture and equipment up to 2,000,000 TRY, shared machinery and software up to 2,000,000 TRY, personnel up to 3,000,000 TRY, and training or consulting up to 1,000,000 TRY, with a combined capacity cap of 4,000,000 TRY. Domestic goods receive an extra 15 percent support bonus, and applicants need business plans and technical review before board evaluation. Eligible applicants are technology-focused entrepreneurs, startups, research organizations, and others building sustainable R&D infrastructure in Turkey. The program is a good fit when the goal is to establish a physical or operational platform for startup support, not to finance a single product build. Because it runs through formal KOSGEB channels and rolling applications, the strongest submissions clearly describe the center model, service stack, and the startups it will host.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.