These grants are established to recognize research grant recipients in the year 2023. The following matrices are used to decide these recognition grants

• Grant Source Prestige:

• Tiering of National Grants: Classify national grants based on their prestige or difficulty in securing, weighting them accordingly
• Reputational Ranking of International Agencies: Use established rankings like SCImago Institutions Rankings or Leiden Ranking to assign points based on the grant agency’s international standing.

• Grant Award Amount:

• Total Amount: This metric provides a direct indication of the scale and perceived value of the research by funding agencies
• Distribution: Evaluate the balance between national and international grants, indicating the researcher’s reach and competitiveness

• Grant Type:

• Principal Investigator (PI) vs. Co-Investigator: Assign a higher weight to grants where the researcher is the PI, demonstrating leadership and responsibility
• Individual vs. Collaborative Grants: Consider the balance between individual and collaborative grants, providing insight into the researcher’s independence and ability to work with others.

Eligibility criteria:

• To be eligible, the granted research project must list the University of Peradeniya as the institutional affiliation for the researcher(s).
• Research grants must be currently active and have been running for at least three months as of January 1st of the application year.
• The funded research project's completion date must fall after June 30th of the year the grant will be awarded

The following grants are not eligible:

• Capacity building grants
• Grants outside the time windows specified above

Normalization:

Eligible total mark is based on the researcher's career stage and the field of study to ensure fair comparison. The following table specifies the total marks required

Method of Selection:

• URC will appoint a 3-member committee to evaluate the applications and to select the winners which will be presented to the MC of the URC for approval
• Research grants must be currently active and have been running for at least three months as of January 1st of the application year.
• The applications submitted without the required information will be rejected.