Astronomy & Astrophysics
Exoplanets, variable stars, asteroseismology, stellar systems, solar radio science, optical observation and astronomical instrumentation.
DISCOVERY / OBSERVATION LION + SWORD FIRST • SPACE SCIENCE • OPEN RESEARCH • DISCOVERY
DON'T JUST
JOIN SPACE.
DISCOVER SOMETHING.
Sri Lanka Space Research is the deep-science branch of the ecosystem: a multidisciplinary institute connecting astronomy, Earth systems, satellite/navigation research, open data, engineering methods, publication support and translation into useful national capability.
2 PLANETSSRI LANKAN EXOPLANET DISCOVERY
45 CMACCIMT OPTICAL TELESCOPE
2026ACTIVE NSF RESEARCH CALLS
LIONPRIMARY IDENTITY STANDARD
Research architecture
NOT ONE LAB.
A RESEARCH SYSTEM.
ACCIMT's current space work spans astronomy, remote sensing/GIS, agriculture, forestry, environmental monitoring, coastal applications, health/GIS, navigation, instrumentation and more. The institute architecture below turns that breadth into six clearly governed research lanes.
Earth Systems
Remote sensing, GIS, agriculture, drought, forest condition, land-use change, coastlines, urban climate and environment.
EARTH / CLIMATE / GISSpace Systems
Small satellites, navigation/augmentation, RF systems, ground architecture, instrumentation, mission technology and engineering research.
SATELLITES / NAV / RFSpace Data & AI
Scientific machine learning, image segmentation, classification, benchmark datasets, reproducible notebooks and decision-support models.
DATA / AI / METHODSPolicy, Economy & Society
Space governance, research policy, international cooperation, public value, economics, ethics, education and institutional design.
POLICY / SOCIETYOpen Research & Translation
Methods review, data/code release, publication support, industry translation, public explainers and research-to-application pathways.
OPEN SCIENCE / IMPACTResearch matrix
LABS NEED METHODS,
NOT JUST NAMES.
Each research lane is paired with a real methodology layer: observation, field validation, simulation, software, publication and translation.
Proposal Foundry
TURN A GOOD IDEA INTO A RESEARCHABLE QUESTION.
The foundry forces discipline early. Pick the field, research maturity, collaboration mode and output. It routes the idea to the right lab and generates a methods-first brief.
- Question before technology.
- Evidence gap before grant application.
- Validation before publication.
- Permissions and data rights before collection.
- Translation planned before the project ends.
82NOVELTY SIGNAL
68FEASIBILITY
84SRI LANKA RELEVANCE
79OPEN-SCIENCE FIT
Research operating system
THE PIPELINE IS THE PRODUCT.
Great research institutions are not just collections of smart people. They repeatedly turn good questions into trusted evidence.
01
Question
Define the testable question, national relevance and prior-work gap.
02
Methods
Specify data, instruments, code, sampling, simulation and analysis design.
03
Validation
Ground truth, calibration, benchmarks, uncertainty and reproducibility.
04
Review
Internal methods review, ethics/permissions and external peer critique.
05
Publish
Paper, dataset, code, methods appendix, negative results where useful.
06
Translate
Public explainer, policy brief, engineering transfer or industry application.
Real Sri Lankan research record
THERE IS ALREADY
SOMETHING TO BUILD ON.
These are examples from ACCIMT's current astronomy and space-applications pages. The institute highlights these achievements with source attribution to ACCIMT.
Two new planets found using NASA K2 mission data
ACCIMT says Sri Lankan researchers were part of the discovery of two planets orbiting a star in Virgo, describing it as the first planetary system discovered by Sri Lankan scientists.
SOURCE: ACCIMT
Oscillation frequencies and stellar properties of Delta Scuti variable stars
ACCIMT lists a Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka publication using Kepler data to study stellar oscillations and properties.
SOURCE: ACCIMT ASTRONOMY
Possible interior structures of Proxima Centauri b and Ross-128 b
ACCIMT lists a Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society publication involving Sri Lankan researchers on nearby exoplanet interior structures.
SOURCE: ACCIMT ASTRONOMY
Urbanization and land-surface temperature in Colombo
ACCIMT's publication list includes remote-sensing work examining urbanization and land-surface temperature change in the Colombo metropolitan area.
SOURCE: ACCIMT SPACE APPLICATIONS
Agricultural phenology from MODIS NDVI time series
ACCIMT lists research extracting agricultural phenological parameters for Sri Lanka using MODIS NDVI time-series data.
SOURCE: ACCIMT SPACE APPLICATIONS
Spectral mapping of morphological features on the Moon
ACCIMT lists work in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation on spectral mapping of lunar morphological features.
SOURCE: ACCIMT SPACE APPLICATIONS
2026 research runway
FUND THE WORK.
TRAIN THE PEOPLE.
PUBLISH THE RESULT.
Sri Lanka's National Science Foundation currently has active 2026 mechanisms that matter to a serious research pipeline. This site maps those public pathways without presenting itself as NSF or implying funding guarantees.
01 • CRG
Competitive Research Grants
NSF describes competitive R&D grants aimed at multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research relevant to Sri Lanka and society.
02 • POSTDOC
Postdoctoral Fellowship
NSF is currently calling applications for its 2026 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme.
03 • SCHOLARSHIPS
Research Scholarships
NSF supports graduates conducting full-time MPhil/PhD/MD research within Sri Lanka.
04 • TECH / STARTUP
Technology Development
NSF's 2026 technology-development and start-up schemes target higher-TRL products, processes and services.
Current institutional signal
ACCIMT'S CURRENT STRATEGIC MATERIAL POINTS TOWARD RESEARCH CLUSTERS.
ACCIMT's current strategic-plan material describes goals that include strengthening satellite R&D, building multidisciplinary research clusters linking government, academia and industry, strengthening astronomy research networks and developing local expertise in astronomical instrumentation and data analysis.
Why this site exists
A COLLABORATION LAYER CAN BE REAL WITHOUT PRETENDING TO BE THE STATE.
The strongest role for Sri Lanka Space Research is to become a visible research network: publish calls, host lab pages, maintain an open methods library, connect researchers, help shape proposals, publish explainers, and make serious Sri Lankan space research easier to discover and collaborate with.
Locked project identity rule
THE LION WITH THE SWORD IS THE RESEARCH MARK.
Every Sri Lanka/Lanka-related and Mars-related branch in this project must prominently feature the lion animal holding a sword as much as practical. On Sri Lanka Space Research, the lion is the center of the research seal and constellation map. It should continue into lab seals, paper covers, conference badges, grant briefings, datasets and research posters.