The "University Strengthening the Future of Women" award, under the theme of Strong Women, Beautiful Turkey, which was held for the sixth time this year, was awarded to our Istanbul Technical University Women's Research Application and Research Center in Science, Engineering and Technology, and was given to our Center Director Prof. Dr. It was given to Hatice Ayataç.

This award, received as one of the 128 Women and Family Centers in Turkey and one of the 37 Application and Research Centers operating within ITU, has been an important motivation for us.

I would like to thank our university administration for their unwavering support during this process, our Rector Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal and our Vice Rector responsible for research, Prof. Dr. We would like to thank Lutfiye Durak-Ata.

Our Center Board of Directors members, Prof., who contributed to the work of our center. Dr. Esra Alveroglu, Assoc. Dr. Ayşe Aylin Bayar, Assoc. Dr. Goksenin Inalhan, Assoc. Dr. Emine Gorgul, Prof. Dr. Tuncay Zorlu, Assoc. Dr. Aslı Ulubaş Hamurcu, Assoc. Dr. Nihan Yıldırım and Dr. Lecturer To member Gizem Sarıbay Öztürk; We would like to thank our part-time student assistants Hande Beril Küçükler and Özlem Ayar for their contributions to the center activities.

We would also like to thank KOÇ-KAM, Ekonomi Newspaper and the valuable jury members for this valuable award that they deemed our center worthy of.

We will continue our work with determination to strengthen equality of opportunity in science, engineering and technology.