Research Projects

NEXTCOSMO: A European Network Addressing the Future of Cosmology Fİnancial Entity : COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Duration: 4 years (2026–2030) Principal Investigator: Eleonora Di Valentino, University of Sheffield Administrative Role: Secondary Proposer and Management Committee (MC) Member for Türkiye N.Katırcı as Communication Dissemination and Valorisation Officer Research Role: Researcher within several Working Groups (five WGs proposed)

CosmoVerse: Addressing Observational Tensions in Cosmology with Fundamental Physics Doğuş University is one of the proposing institutions represented in the Management Committee of the CosmoVerse COST Action: https://cosmoversetensions.eu/ Project Code & Title: CA21136 – CosmoVerse: Addressing Observational Tensions in Cosmology with Fundamental Physics Financial entity: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Duration: 4 years (2022–2026) Principal Investigator: Jackson Levi Said, University of Malta Administrative Role: Secondary Proposer and Management Committee (MC) Member for Türkiye Research Role: Working Group Member in Data Analysis in Cosmology (WG2) and Fundamental Physics (WG3)

Cosmología Relativista y Gravitación Project Title: Cosmología Relativista y Gravitación Financial entity: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, EU) Duration: 36 months (2024–2027) Principal Investigator: Mariam Bouhmadi López, Ikerbasque Research Professor, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain Role: Nihan Katırcı participates as an External Researcher in this project.

122F124 – Constructing Λs​CDM-type Cosmologies from Modified Gravity Theories to Address the Cosmological Tensions Project Title: 122F124 – Constructing Λs​CDM-type Cosmologies from Modified Gravity Theories to Address the Cosmological Tensions Financial entity: 1001 – The Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) Duration: 24 months (2022–2024) Principal Investigator: Özgür Akarsu, İstanbul Technical University Role: Researcher

CA15117 – Cosmology and Astrophysics Network for Theoretical Advances and Training Actions (CANTATA) Financial Entity: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Duration: 5 years (2016–2020) Principal Investigator: Ruth Lazkoz, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain Role: Working Group Member in Modified Gravity and Cosmology

Late-time Cosmology: General relativity and beyond Financial Entity: Doğuş University Scientific Research Program (BAP), Project No. 2021-22-D1-B01 Duration: 24 months (2022–2024) Principal Investigator: Nihan Katırcı, Doğuş University

Financial Entity : Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, EU) Duration: 36 months (2021–2024) Principal Investigator: Mariam Bouhmadi López, Ikerbasque Research Professor, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain Role: Nihan Katırcı participated as an External Collaborator in this project.