RESEARCH GRANTS

Swiss National Foundation, “The role of causality in early verb learning: language-specific factors vs. universal strategies.” (PIs: Sabine Stoll and Moritz Daum, University of Zurich). International collaborator. Total budget: 883,480 CHF. (2017-2021)

L2TOR, Second language tutoring using social robots, H2020 Call in Information and Communication Technologies, European Commission, (co-PI, with Tilbe Göksun at Koç University; Coordinator, Dr. Tony Belpaeme, Plymouth University). Amount: 357,593 Euros. (2016-2019)

IntenC, Tübitak-BMBF Turkish-German Cooperation, Influence of socioeconomic and immigration status on the cognitive origins of cultural learning (PI, with Dr. Ulf Liszkowski, Hamburg University as co-PI), 2014-2017. Amount: 100,000 Euros

Tübitak, Language Comprehension Processes in Turkish Learners: An Eye-tracking study, May 2011- December 2013. (PI). Amount: 90,000 Euros

National Institute of Health, Early grammar productivity: Two Languages, Comprehension (co-PI: Dr. Letitia Naigles, University of Connecticut, USA, 2006-2010

Tübitak, The Study of Early Childhood Developmental Ecologies in Turkey (PI: Dr. Nazlı Baydar, Koç University), Researcher. 2007-2010; 2010-2013

Tübitak, Türkçe’de erken sözcük ve dilbilgisel gelişimi ölçme ve değerlendirme çalışması (Turkish Communicative Development Inventory) (PI: Dr. Ayhan Aksu-Koç, Boğaziçi University), Researcher 2007-2010

CNRS, for conducting longitudinal research on emergence and early development of language capacity (In collaboration with Dr. Sophie Kern, University of Lyon II, France), 2001-2006

Eurocores Programme (ESF), The Origin of Man, Language and Languages (OMLL) (In collaboration with Dr. Sophie Kern, University of Lyon II, France), 2001-2005

Tübitak and French Foreign Ministry Program for Integrated Actions (PIA)- Bosphorus Grant (In collaboration with Dr. Mehmet-Ali Akıncı, University of Rouen, France), 2005-2007