President’s Award for Scientific Publication: 2009
2008
President’s Award for Scientific Publication
President’s Award for Scientific Publication: 2008
1992
Award from graduate research fund
Award from graduate research fund (1992)
Applicant was awarded $800 from the graduate research fund, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA in July 1992
Grants/Fellowhips
2013
Development of University of Colombo Science and Technology Cell (“Research Dissemination and Commercialization projects”, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo)
Higher Education for the Twenty first Century (HETC), Quality and Innovation Grant/Window 4 (2013) Title: Development of University of Colombo Science and Technology Cell (“Research Dissemination and Commercialization projects”, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo)
Funds: Rs. 10,000,000.00
Grant Coordinator: D.T.U. Abeytunga
2006
Screening of Pleurotus species (basidiomycetes) in search of biologically active compounds
TWAS grant No. 05-328 RG/CHE/AS (2006)
Title: Screening of Pleurotus species (basidiomycetes) in search of biologically active compounds
Funds: US $ 5,000.00 (A chromatotron was purchased from this grant)
Principal investigator: D.T.U. Abeytunga
2004
Screening of basidiomycetes/other fungi in search of biologically active compounds
NSF grant RG/2004/C/2 (2004)
Title: Screening of basidiomycetes/other fungi in search of biologically active compounds
Funds: Rs. 967,600.00
Principal investigator: D.T.U. Abeytunga
1998
Synthesis of tetrahydroberberine derivatives and assessment of their biological activities
NSF grant RG/98/C/6 (1998)
Title: Synthesis of tetrahydroberberine derivatives and assessment of their biological activities
Funds: Rs. 298,000.00
Principal investigator: D.T.U. Abeytunga
1997
Donation from International Program in the Chemical Sciences (IPICS), Uppsala University
Donation from International Program in the Chemical Sciences (IPICS), Uppsala University, Sweden for repair of an HPLC and parts for a rotary evaporator (1997)
Funds: 1736.00 SEK (Received the spare parts and HPLC repair was also done).
Project leader: Thusitha Wijayaratne
1997
Bioassay directed isolation of antifungal and antibacterial compounds from fungi
NSF grant RG/97/C/3 (1997)
Title: Bioassay directed isolation of antifungal and antibacterial compounds from fungi
Funds: Rs. 86,000.00
Principal investigator: D.T.U. Wijayaratne
1996
Derivatives of berberine alkaloids as antifungal & antibacterial agents
University of Colombo research grant No. 96/S/12 (1996)
Title: Derivatives of berberine alkaloids as antifungal & antibacterial agents
Funds: Rs. 14,400.00
Principal investigator: D.T.U. Wijayaratne
1994
Isolation and characterization of antifungal and antibacterial compounds from thermophilic fungi
NSF grant RG/94/C/3 (1994)
Title: Isolation and characterization of antifungal and antibacterial compounds from thermophilic fungi
Funds: Rs. 56,000.00
Principal investigators: Dr. K. I. Abeywickrama & D.T.U. Wijayaratne