These awards are to recognize, appreciate, encourage, and honour the academic staff members in the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka who are excelling in research, innovation, and scholarly works. Through these awards, the university expects to motivate the staff members to actively engage in teaching and research activities. Furthermore, these recognitions will create junior staff members to follow, be encouraged, and get involved in research activities that will uplift the university’s ranking nationally and internationally. Moreover, these recognitions will increase and encourage collaborative research activities within and outside the institute. Sixteen (16) awards will be presented to the eligible applicants at the university and faculty levels, as elaborated below.