Research Grants

COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS (CRG)

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is mandated to generate, disseminate and transfer knowledge ensuring its effective utilization for the greater benefit of the people of Sri Lanka. The R & D grant schemes seek to foster the formation of multi-disciplinary teams to conduct cutting-edge research and development projects that are of relevance to Sri Lanka and society.

The NSF is calling applications for R & D grants under the following high-priority areas that ensure socioeconomic development of Sri Lanka:

Eco-friendly Agriculture
Food Quality and Safety
Post-harvest Management
Health and Indigenous Medicine
Climate Change
Disaster Management
Waste Management
Water Security
Energy Security
Value addition to Natural Resources
Community Development and Social Innovations
Biomedical Innovations
Applications of Industry 4.0
Biotechnology

AIMS:

To encourage researchers to utilize their knowledge for the benefit of society
To facilitate researchers with postgraduate qualifications to enhance their career prospects
To facilitate science/engineering graduates to pursue postgraduate research degrees
To strengthen the infrastructure facilities for research

WHO CAN APPLY:

The Applicant/Principal Investigator should have a postgraduate research degree (PhD, MPhil) and publications/patents in the relevant area. Applicants with MSc, MD or MS qualifications should have a minimum of one-year research component in the course and publications/patents in the relevant area. Co-Investigators should have postgraduate qualifications orand research experience as evidenced by publications/patents.
For first time applicants to the NSF, the upper limit of funds will be Rs. 2 M per project excluding allocations for Research Personnel. The grants duration will be 02 years.
Full-time Research Students can be allocated only for Principal Investigators with a minimum of two years of postdoctoral research experience.
Full-time Research Scientists can be allocated only for Principal Investigators with adequate research experience, as determined by the NSF.

DOWNLOADS:

Application form ( Doc 208kb | PDF 630kb )
Programme Brief (pdf, 310kb)

NATIONAL THEMATIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME (NTRP)

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The National Science Foundation (NSF), which believes in multidisciplinary and collaborative research to address national needs and to drive the national research system to produce well defined outputs that will benefit the intended end users, initiated the National Thematic Research Programme (NTRP) where the themes are decided as per the national priorities. In this Programme the NSF adopts a new approach, where the NSF itself identifies the research problems and invite research groups who have demonstrated their capability in conducting research successfully over the years to carry out research on these identified research problems.

The NSF has identified Food Security, Climate Change & Natural Disasters and Water Security as the priority areas to start with under the NTRP. The Research Programme will address problems under each theme using a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to carryout research on identified problems.

Under the NTRP it is expected to promote research which commence from national needs and terminate in producing end-products that can be harnessed for national development. Further it is expected that the research promoted under the proposed programme will achieve self-sustainability.

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

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This grant scheme provides financial support to eminent senior Scientists / Engineers with postgraduate or equivalent qualifications as determined by the Board of Management, to carry out fulltime research for up to 3 years. This scheme is kept in abeyance to be considered when the need arises.

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

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The NSF Postgraduate Research Scholarship scheme is implemented in order to increase the number of postgraduate research studies conducted by Sri Lankan graduates at local Universities. It is also intended to attract and encourage graduates from recognized Universities to conduct fulltime research leading to postgraduate research degrees and to encourage them to take up careers related to research. Applications for the first call of 2020 are closed. The second call is on hold due to the prevailing situation.

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Programme Brief (pdf, 236kb)