Consortium Architect · Türkiye

Building consortia
with Türkiye's R&D ecosystem.

Your Turkish node in Horizon Europe and EUREKA projects.

We shape the Turkish part of your consortium, take on work packages ourselves, and support R&D teams in project and technology management.

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EUREKA-ITEA International Project Coordinator Horizon Europe PIC 864254578 21 Years Industry & Academia METU Technopark Ankara
How we work with you

Three ways to work with us

From the first partner search to delivery, with one accountable contact for the Turkish side.

For consortium coordinators

Consortium Architect

We map the Turkish side of your consortium: which companies, universities and use cases fit the call, how their tasks are scoped and how the Turkish budget is structured. We access and engage the right partners and coordinate them through the proposal stage.

Why us: we have coordinated an international EUREKA-ITEA consortium and know what a coordinator needs from a national lead. Partner landscape · Use-case definition · Task and budget scoping · Proposal-stage coordination Consortium partnership → For consortia that need a Turkish beneficiary

Project Partner

Luminairo joins as a partner and owns work packages: requirements and system architecture, modelling and simulation, field validation and demonstration, life-cycle assessment, impact and exploitation, project and financial management.

Why us: operator experience from an international OEM's R&D centre. We have run these tasks, not only written them. Requirements and architecture · Validation and demonstration · LCA · Impact and exploitation Work packages and roles → For R&D managers

R&D Management Advisory

Project management discipline, technology roadmaps and portfolio decisions: which projects to accelerate, stop or reshape, and which funding route fits each.

Why us: we managed R&D budgets and made stop-or-go decisions from the inside. Project management · Technology roadmap · Portfolio governance · Funding strategy Services →

R&D teams can start with a fixed-scope R&D Portfolio Diagnostic →

Consortium engagement

How a consortium engagement works

Call and conceptYou share the call and your concept; we assess where a Turkish contribution adds real value.
Use case and partnersWe define the Turkish use case and identify the organisations that can carry it.
Roles, tasks and budgetWork packages, responsibilities and the budget split are scoped with each Turkish partner.
Proposal and deliveryWe coordinate the Turkish partners through submission and, if funded, through delivery and reporting.
Why a Turkish node

One accountable contact for the Turkish side

Access to a large R&D baseTürkiye has 1,368 company R&D centres and thousands of publicly funded projects. We know where the relevant capabilities sit.
Fewer interfaces for the coordinatorInstead of managing several Turkish partners one by one, the coordinator works with a single national lead.
Delivery, not only proposalsOperator experience in project delivery, reporting and audits keeps the Turkish contribution on schedule after the grant.
Proven Track Record

Experience Taking R&D from Concept to Field

Selected work from the founders' leadership roles at an international agricultural equipment OEM.

First of its kind in Turkiye. Mechatronics, autonomous navigation, and electric power system integration. Managed from TRL 3 → 6 through a structured gate process. Concept to field — commercialization potential proven.

Autonomous orchard sprayer — video →

First of its kind in Turkiye. AI-powered precision spraying. Developed through university collaboration, managed with structured gate criteria and sprint methodology. Demonstrated at an international agricultural fair.

Agricultural robot — video →

Contributed from concept stage through prototype development. Project story published on the OEM's official channel.

Electric tractor story — video series →

First of its kind at the OEM. Life cycle analysis (LCA) and carbon footprint program built from scratch at an international OEM. Strategic roadmap approved by senior management and put into execution.

Springer publication: Life Cycle Emissions Analysis →

Capability development and investment plan across 4 technology axes. Plan approved by senior management and put into execution. A strategic study that directly fed portfolio decision-making.

Incentive and audit processes of two R&D centers managed as an operator. EIB and EBRD low-interest R&D loan applications successfully managed alongside national and EU-framework funded programs.

Served as national and international consortium coordinator under a EUREKA-ITEA European collaborative R&D program. TÜBİTAK reviewer experience — we build applications from the evaluator's perspective.

EFICAS ITEA4 project page →

For representative analysis outputs, see Sample Work.

Team

Who's Behind This?

Complementary expertise: agricultural technology, defense industry, autonomous systems, and R&D portfolio governance.

Hakan Mencek, Ph.D. – Luminairo Founder

Hakan Mencek, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from METU. 21 years of academia and industry experience. As Advanced Technologies & Incentives Manager at an international agricultural equipment OEM, led autonomous systems development, R&D portfolio governance, and early-stage product development.

Portfolio Governance Technology Roadmap Autonomous Systems Precision Agriculture
LinkedIn →
Özge Mencek, M.Sc. – Luminairo Co-Founder

Özge Mencek, M.Sc.

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from METU. 16 years of academia and industry experience. Engineering work at Turkiye's leading defense industry organizations. Deep expertise in defense industry R&D processes and product development. Brings defense-grade discipline to industrial R&D decision-making. Project details are classified under defense industry confidentiality.

Defense Industry Product Development Project Management
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Luminairo is registered on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (PIC 864254578) and can join as a partner, a work package lead or the national coordinator for the Turkish side of the consortium.

Horizon Europe, EUREKA clusters such as ITEA and Xecs, and Eurostars. On the national side we also work with TÜBİTAK programmes.

Yes. We identify and approach Turkish companies, universities and research institutes that fit the call and the use case, scope their tasks with them and coordinate them through the proposal stage. We only present partners who have actually committed.

International project coordinator in the EUREKA-ITEA EFICAS project, as well as work package responsibility and participant roles in national and international R&D projects.

Yes. We support R&D managers with project management, technology roadmaps and portfolio decisions: which projects to accelerate, stop or reshape, and which funding route fits each.

Within 1–2 business days. Send us the call, your concept or a short description of your situation and we will come back with a clear answer on where we can contribute.

Let's talk about your consortium or R&D project

We'll listen to your situation and tell you directly how we can help.
Typical response: 1–2 business days.

Email: info@luminairo.com
Phone: +90 533 224 63 07
Location: Ankara, Turkiye · Available Worldwide

In our first call we'll understand your situation and agree on the right first step.