The Academic Achievement Award Ceremony of 2021 was held by KAEU on March 15, 2022; in the ceremony, the academic staff who were ranked as a result of the evaluation of their academic studies last year were presented their awards and certificates. Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, the Vice-Rectors of KAEU, the managers of the academic and administrative units, and many academicians and guests attended the ceremony held at the Congress and Culture Center of KAEU.

In the ceremony, which was held for the first time at KAEU and planned to make it traditional from now on; the awards were presented to 13 academicians in four various fields in two main categories under the titles of "Young Scientist of the Year 2021" and "Science Encouragement Awards". The ceremony first started with the opening speech of Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gökbel. Dr. Gökbel gave information about the categories and evaluation processes of the academic achievement awards. Gökbel thanked everyone who was involved and supported the process and then congratulated all the award-winning faculty members.

After the speech of Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gökbel, the Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya delivered a speech. Underlining that the academy was the intersection point of all fields, Karakaya indicated that the only duty of the academician was not to teach the current knowledge to the students, but also, they had the mission of being the producer of original knowledge at the same time.

Rector Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, who stated in his speech at the ceremony that universities are roads to the universal moving from local, expressed that academicians should act with an understanding of contributing to the city and the country they live in and to the whole world in a universal sense. Emphasizing that all the academicians should do their best to produce knowledge, Prof. Dr. Karakaya concluded his speech by congratulating all the academic staff who received awards for their academic achievements.

After the speech of the Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, the award ceremony started. The awards and documents were presented by the Rector Karakaya to the academicians who won awards in the fields of Science-Engineering, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Sports Sciences, and Fine Arts in the "Young Scientist" and "Science Encouragement" categories.

In the Science Encouragement category for the year 2021, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Sürücü, in the field of Science and Engineering, Prof. Dr. Serap Yalçın Azarkan, Prof. Dr. Hatice Öğütçü, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Öznur Büyükturan, Prof. Dr. Kemal Örnek, Prof. Dr. Ayfer Şahin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ümit Bulut, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sultan Selen Kula, in the field of Social, Humanities and Sports Sciences, Prof. Dr. Hande Kılıçarslan, in the field of Fine Arts were entitled to receive awards.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Candan, in the field of Science and Engineering, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naime Meriç Konar, in the field of Health Sciences, and Res. Asst. Dr. Hüseyin Ateş were awarded their prizes in the category of 2021 Young Scientist.