Grants

BiGG Impact

Review when idea, pre-seed teams in impact, sustainability, SDGs match turkey, ankara, istanbul eligibility for non-dilutive funding or grant support.

Terms

Funding

Up to 1,350,000 TL via TUBITAK BiGG Fund

Equity or cost

3% equity (TUBITAK BiGG Fund stake)

Perks

Three-way consortium with Impact Hub Istanbul

Founder fit

Founder

University students or recent graduates without prior similar government funding.

Company

Idea-stage; UN SDG-aligned impact focus.

Geography

Turkey.

Application effort

Medium.

Verification note

The previously recorded application URL (bigg.odtuteknokent.com.tr/tr/bigg-impact.html) returns a 404 error. The NATO DIANA ODTU page confirms BiGG Impact exists as a distinct three-way consortium (ODTU Teknokent + Impact Hub Istanbul + ReDis Innovation) focused on clean tech and industry 4.0/5.0 impact ideas. No active open call or current intake dates were found on any official source. The ODTU BIGG main 2026-1 call (U4Venture consortium) intake closed in March 2026. It is unclear whether BiGG Impact ran its own separate intake in 2026-1 or is subsumed under the U4Venture consortium. Contact bigg@odtuteknokent.com.tr to verify. ApplicationUrl updated to base portal.

Source quality: ODTU BIGG base portal and NATO DIANA ODTU page confirmed program existence; specific BiGG Impact page 404. Status confidence: low.

Deadline unknownimpact focused onlysource page 404

Stages

ideapre-seed

Sectors

impactsustainabilitySDGssocial enterpriseclimate

Fit tags

turkeyistanbultubitak-biggimpactsdg

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