Awards & Honors
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Spotlight Award, Virginia Tech Office of GIS and Remote Sensing (OGIS) Research Symposium, USA (April 2026) ($100)
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Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Geography, Virginia Tech (December 2024)
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University Prize for Academic Excellence, Final Examination, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (August 2021)
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Merit Award for Undergraduate Research (Community, Environment, and Management), 7th Faculty of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (August 2021)
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Global University BioQuest Championship — Member of the Champion Team representing the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2019–2020)
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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Active Member, Virginia Tech Chapter (2025–Present)
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Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Leadership Honor Society, Vice President and Lifetime Member, Virginia Tech Circle (2024–Present)
Awards & Honors
Grants & Funding
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TFP Travel/Professional Support Grant, Virginia Tech
$300 (December 2025)
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ISCE Scholars Grant, Virginia Tech — Enhancing Climate–Food–Health Resilience Among Inuit in the Arctic
Eranga K. Galappaththi (PI), Markus Wilcke, Sithuni M. Jayasekara, Gayanthi A. Ilangarathna
$30,000 (March 2025) -
ICAT SEAD Grant, Virginia Tech
Eranga K. Galappaththi, Kim Niewolny, Sithuni M. Jayasekara, Chrishma D. Perera
$20,000 (March 2024) -
Sidman P. Poole Endowment in Geography, Virginia Tech
$1,500 (April 2024) -
CNRE Graduate Travel Grant Award, Virginia Tech
$400 (September 2024)
