Within the scope of the Bi’DüşünSen Bulursun! project, carried out in partnership with the Antalya Industrialists and Business People Association (ANSİAD) and the Habitat Association, an Entrepreneurship Business Idea Competition will take place. Individuals with initiatives fitting the theme “Design a Sustainable Future with Artificial Intelligence” can apply to the ANSİAD Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Entrepreneurship Program, which is organized to disseminate entrepreneurship culture, reinforce educational knowledge regarding business plans and start-up processes, and develop skills in generating and presenting new business ideas.
Theme of the Competition:
The theme, determined annually, sets the framework of the competition. This year’s theme is “Design a Sustainable Future with Artificial Intelligence”.
- Idea for Climate – Business ideas that contribute to the fight against climate change using artificial intelligence, support the efficient use of natural resources, or produce solutions to environmental problems.
- Solution for Technology Initiatives that develop innovative and applicable solutions to problems faced by individuals, institutions, or society by using artificial intelligence technologies.
- Initiative for the Future
- Scalable and innovative initiative ideas that focus on sustainable development and aim to create economic, environmental, or social impact.
Application Conditions:
- Applications to the Competition Program are only accepted via the application form available on the program’s official website (https://bidusunsenbulursun.com/). Applications claimed to be made through other channels will not be accepted.
- The application form on the website and other documents requested by this specification must be prepared in Turkish. Documents prepared in another language will not be accepted by ANSİAD.
- Applications will be open until October 25, 2026, at 23:59. All Teams are obliged to completely and accurately fill out the application form and submit it to ANSİAD by the application deadline; otherwise, the application will be considered incomplete. ANSİAD accepts no responsibility for application forms that are filled out incompletely, incorrectly, or sent late.
- Students studying or conducting research in Associate, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Doctorate programs at Faculties, Colleges, and Institutes of universities located in the Western Mediterranean Region may apply. All initiatives with at least one founding partner of the team aged between 18-35 can apply to the Competition Program. The fact that any of the team members is studying or carrying out research activities at universities outside the Western Mediterranean Region does not prevent the application from being evaluated. In other words, the competition program is open to the application of all initiatives that have a team member born after October 1991 and before October 2008 among their founding partners.
- An application registration can be created individually, but for the application to be considered valid, a Team consisting of at least 2 (two) and at most 5 (five) people must be formed, and the relevant sections of the form must be completely filled out by the application deadline.
- The competition program is open to the applications of initiatives that are in the incorporation phase or for which four (4) years have not passed since their incorporation as of October 25, 2026.
- Projects that have received awards with the same project in previous years’ ANSİAD business idea competitions will not be accepted.
- Each team or team member can apply to the competition program with only 1 (one) business idea. If a contrary practice is detected, regardless of the stage of the Competition program, the team member’s rights will be forfeited.
- In the application form, the name, surname, date of birth, TR identity number, e-mail address, mobile phone, and educational status of all team members must be written completely and accurately during the registration phase. Following the completion of the application form, all notifications to be made by ANSİAD will be directed to all team members, and the e-mail address and mobile phone number information specified in the application form will be used for communication. ANSİAD is not responsible if its notifications do not reach the team members due to this information in the application form being incorrect or subsequently changed. Personal data collected by ANSİAD within the scope of this competition program will be processed within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“Law”) and in accordance with the provisions of the Law.
- Team Members accept that the personal information they provided in the application form belongs to them and that ANSİAD may process this information under the conditions mentioned in the Clarification Text and in accordance with the relevant conditions, provided that it is used in accordance with its purpose.
- The business idea subject to the application can be any kind of innovative idea developed by the team members and applicable to business life. Although there is no limitation regarding the scope of the business idea, by signing this specification, Team Members declare and undertake in advance that:
- The business idea presented to the Competition Program does not violate the intellectual property rights of third parties;
- They will be personally responsible for any claims and lawsuits that third parties may bring regarding the violation of their intellectual property rights, and they will hold ANSİAD and stakeholders acting on behalf of ANSİAD harmless from any claims and lawsuits;
- The business idea is lawful, does not conflict with ANSİAD’s values and general moral rules, and does not offend any person or institution.
- Although there is no obligation, team members may have applied to or obtained registration from the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office or other offices for patents, utility models, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights over all or some elements of the business idea they presented. In this case, in response to the relevant question on the application form, brief information must be provided regarding the transactions made and the status of the intellectual property right in question. ANSİAD may request more information on this matter if necessary.
- ANSİAD has the right to disqualify applicants it determines do not comply with the rules specified in this specification from the competition program at any stage, and to withdraw or cut off the support provided within the scope of the competition program.
- Employees of ANSİAD and the Habitat Association, and first and second-degree relatives of the 2026 mentors and juries cannot apply to the program. If individuals with the specified relationship have applied to the program, the team that the respective Team Member is a part of will be disqualified from the competition.
About the Bi’DüşünSen Bulursun Business Idea Competition Process:
- 10 initiatives will be selected from among the applications for the Bi’DüşünSen Bulursun Business Idea Competition.
- A training and mentoring program will be applied online to the selected initiatives between November 3, 2026, and December 1, 2026.
- Initiatives that complete the training and mentoring program will be invited to the Demo Day final, which will take place in Antalya on Tuesday, December 8, 2026.
- At the Demo Day final, 3 initiatives will be selected from among the 10 initiatives.
- A total of 100 grams of gold will be awarded to the 3 selected initiatives.
Application Deadline: October 25, 2026
