{"id":17,"date":"2018-09-11T22:08:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T03:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/erandathie-lokupitiya\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-06-03T01:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:36:26","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/erandathie-lokupitiya\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Awards<\/h2>\n<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\">University of Colombo Senate Commendation for Research 2022<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2021<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Colombo Senate Award for Research excellence 2021<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2020<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Colombo Senate Award for Research excellence 2020<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2021<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific research published in the year 2018<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Colombo Faculty of Science 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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Colombo Sri Lanka Senate 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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific Publication - 2016<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Colombo Sri Lanka Senate 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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication. 2013. by President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Outstanding Graduate Student 2005- Awarded by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, USA - 2005<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Francis Clark Soil Biology Scholarship for Academic Year 2004- 2005- Awarded by the College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, USA - 2004<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1999<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">The President\u2019s Research Bonus 1999- Awarded by President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1998<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">1997- 1998 John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award (Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award), by University of Wyoming, USA - 1998<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1997<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Outstanding General Biology Teaching Assistant Award for the 1996-1997 Academic Year by University of Wyoming, USA -1997<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1995<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Student Scholarship for the 1995\/1996 Academic Year by University of Wyoming, USA - 1995<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1986<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Scholarship for the performance at the First Year examination in Science by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - 1986<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1986<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Mahapola Higher Education (Merit) Sholarship awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka - 1984<\/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>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1979<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best All-Round Student in the District (Certificate) by the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka -1979.<\/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_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Grants<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Co-I \u2018Research Programme on Meditation, Mindfulness and Health\u2019 - A research grant under the Development Oriented Research (DOR) \u2013 Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-Humanities, Education, Management, Social Sciences (HEMS) Grant scheme of the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) project funded by World Bank `{`Ongoing`}`<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        2019. Co-I \u2018Research Programme on Meditation, Mindfulness and Health\u2019 &#8211; A research grant under the Development Oriented Research (DOR) \u2013 Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-Humanities, Education, Management, Social Sciences (HEMS) Grant scheme of the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) project funded by World Bank [Ongoing]\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\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\">Principal Investigator (PI) \u2018Assessment of climatic and socioeconomic benefits of converting degraded tea land in Sri Lanka to timber plantations\u2019 University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant) `{`Ongoing`}`<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <\/p>\n<ol start=\"2017\">\n<li>Principal Investigator (PI) \u2018Assessment of climatic and socioeconomic benefits of converting degraded tea land in Sri Lanka to timber plantations\u2019 University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant) [Ongoing]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">PI \u2018Identification of the best agricultural management practices with better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia\u2019; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (Only 10 regional projects have been selected within Asia Pacific region). `{`Ongoing`}`<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        PI \u2018Identification of the best agricultural management practices\u00a0 with\u00a0 better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia\u2019; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (Only 10 regional projects have been selected within Asia Pacific region). [Ongoing]\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\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\">PI \u2018Identification of the best agricultural management practices with better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia\u2019; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (seed grant award for conducting a scoping workshop for development of a regional proposal with regional collaborators from South Asia)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <strong>2014: <\/strong>PI \u2018Identification of the best agricultural management practices\u00a0 with\u00a0 better greenhouse gas benefits in salinity affected areas of South Asia\u2019; Asia Pacific Network (APN), Japan (seed grant award for conducting a scoping workshop for development of a regional proposal with regional collaborators from South Asia)\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\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\">PI \u2018Development of a carbon neutral action plan for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation\u2019; Dilmah Conservation<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <strong>2014: PI \u2018<\/strong>Development of a carbon neutral action plan for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation\u2019; Dilmah Conservation\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014-2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Co-I \u2018Using insects as indicators of environmental health: Applications with Tiger beetles (Coleoptera-Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka\u2019 funded by University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grants)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <strong>2014-2017: Co-I \u2018<\/strong>Using insects as indicators of environmental health: Applications with Tiger beetles (Coleoptera-Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka\u2019 funded by University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grants)\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">PI \u2018Carbon footprint analysis for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation\u2019; Dilmah Conservation<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <strong>2013: PI\u00a0 \u2018<\/strong>Carbon footprint analysis for Colombo tea factory of Dilmah Conservation\u2019; Dilmah Conservation\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013-2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">PI \u2018Assessment of the life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka for macro level decision support in relation to climate change\u2019; University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <strong>2013-2016: PI \u2018<\/strong>Assessment of the life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka for macro level decision support in relation to climate change\u2019; University of Colombo (under Collaborative Research grant)\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013-2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">PI \u2018Strengthening of capacity for assessment of life cycle carbon footprints of main agricultural export products of Sri Lanka in relation to climate change\u2019; 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