Calling Applications for the Vice Chancellor’s Awards - 2025

The University of Ruhuna has implemented the Vice-Chancellor's Awards Scheme to recognize, appreciate, and honour the outstanding contributions and achievements of academic staff members and students in the fields of research, inventions, innovations, creative works, and international collaborations.

Awards will be conferred under the following seven categories,

1. The most Outstanding Scholar
2. The most outstanding Young Researcher
3. The most outstanding staff Inventor/ Innovator
4. The most outstanding staff Inventor/ Innovator
5. The highest Recipient of Grants
6. The most Outstanding Promoter of International Relations
7. UOR Tier 4 Star Award (awarded to academic and administrative staff members who have attained Tier 4* status (the highest tier) based on their research output at the Annual Academic Sessions and Vice-Chancellor’s Awards commencing from 2024).

• Applications for the above awards will be accepted until 15^th January 2026.
• For Awards 1. 2, and 6, all the achievements up to 31^st December of the year of the award will be considered.
• For Award 4, all the achievements during the studentship up to 31^st December of the year of the award will be considered.
• For Awards 3, 5, and 6, achievements obtained 3 years before 31^st December of the year of the award will be considered.

Formal application forms for staff members are not provided. Applicants are required to submit self-prepared applications in accordance with the general guidelines and criteria outlined in the annexures.

A formal application form is available on the University website for applicants seeking the title of Most Outstanding Student Inventor/Innovator.

Applicants may provide any additional information relevant to the award category for which they are applying. All supporting documents substantiating the claims made in the application must be attached as appropriate.

Each application must include the following signed declaration,

"I declare that the information and particulars furnished above are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I further declare that I have not included any claimed marks for any paper published in a fake or predatory journal according to my knowledge, and I accept the condition that my application will be assessed with no marks for such publications if it is

revealed that any paper from a fake or predatory journal is included in the application".

Applications must reach the Office of the Vice-Chancellor on or before 15^th January 2026. Applications or supplementary documents submitted after the closing date will not be considered.

 Application- UOR Tier 4 Star Award-2025

Calling Applications for the VC Awards - 2025

GUIDELINES VC Awards - 2025

Most Outstanding Student inventor Innovator- APPLICATION FORM