Mission Statement: The mission of ÇOMÜ Center for the Application and Research of Gifted Individuals (CARGI) is to prepare application and research projects based on universal scientific principles and humanistic approaches regarding the development, intellectual-emotional-social needs, and education of gifted individuals in our country. Thus, it aims to support the holistic development of gifted individuals and their healthy and productive participation in life, which is a highly valuable human resource for our country."

Vision:

• Our vision is to conduct awareness-raising and informative activities for relevant parties to recognize and identify gifted children in our country and specifically in the Canakkale region at an early age;
• To organize national and international certified, scientific, in-service training programs and courses for professionals responsible for identifying, developing, and providing psychological support and education to gifted individuals;
• To carry out activities aimed at spreading identification, development, psychological support, and educational activities for gifted individuals to all regions of the country and at all stages of development;
• To develop and implement tools for recognizing individuals that are sensitive to individual differences and culture for the identification of gifted individuals;
• To conduct activities aimed at identifying and supporting gifted individuals who are at risk and neglected,
• To develop and prepare psychological counseling and guidance approaches and training programs that holistically support the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development of gifted individuals in cooperation with relevant units within our university and that are applicable under the conditions of our country,
• To provide support training for gifted adults and children and families with gifted children,
• To offer consultancy services to public and private organizations in the area of supporting the holistic development and education of gifted individuals,
• To organize and participate in various scientific meetings such as educational and promotional seminars, workshops, conferences, and symposiums both domestically and internationally,
• To establish psychological counseling, education, research, and application laboratories and workshops related to gifted individuals and to collaborate with official and private institutions and organizations established for similar purposes,
• To create an electronic archive system for information obtained regarding the holistic development, psychological support, and education of gifted children, to prepare periodic/non-periodic printed, visual, or electronic publications for sharing this information with the public, and to establish an electronic communication network for information sharing with relevant domestic and international organizations,
• To establish a support, consultancy, and information network for gifted individuals in Canakkale and its surroundings,
• To organize joint studies with domestic and international public or private institutions and organizations working on subjects related to the center's field of activity, to prepare application and research projects, to participate in ongoing studies, to implement these developed projects, and/or to monitor these implementations,
• To support researchers working in this field by offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses and seminars on the education of gifted individuals in universities.