{"id":16,"date":"2020-01-17T04:58:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T10:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/plant.sciences\/thilini-perera\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-11-01T12:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:55:26","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/plant.sciences\/thilini-perera\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Award For Research Excellence (Early Carrier) 2017<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Gold medallist and 1st Runner-up in the SLAYS 3-minutes Thesis Competition jointly organized by Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) and National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with Coordinating Secretariat for Science and Technology Innovation (COSTI) (01-03-2017)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">1st Runner up : Best Oral Presentation Session B, In 1st Ruhunu International Science and Technology Conference(RISTCON) for the paper: Induced colonization of GFP-labeled Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS 571 in rice roots (22-23 January 2014)d National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with Coordinating Secretariat for Science and Technology Innovation (COSTI) (01-03-2017)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Was awarded a scholarship to participate for \u201cA Program to Develop Human Resources for Enhancing Collaborative Science &amp; Technology Research with Japan\u201d organized by: Japan-Asia youth exchange programme in Science and administered by Japan Science and Technology Agency (From 05-11-2017 to 11-11-2017)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline  Faculty Research Award for excellence in Academic Outreach and Institutional Development (2022)\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Award for Excellent in Academic Outreach and Institutional Development<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Outreach and Institutional Development\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Award for Excellent in Academic Outreach and Institutional Development<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Award for Excellent in Academic Outreach and Institutional Development<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2025<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Award for Excellent in Academic Outreach and Institutional Development<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2025<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Award For Research Excellence<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Grant from MAS Innovations (Pvt) Ltd. Upcycling Fabric Waste as Growing Media for Hydroponic Systems Fabric Waste as Growing Media for Hydroponic Systems. Co-Investigator- A collaborative project with University of Moratuwa. Grant Received in 2023<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2025<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\"> Faculty of Science Research Grant, University of Colombo. Title: Confirmation of the slow-release nature of the developed clay-bed nitrogen fertilizer for paddy cultivation Principle Investigator<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Grant from CIC Holdings Pvt. Ltd. Development of a Slow Release Fertilizer. 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