Prof. Champika K Bodinayake, Prof. Ajith De S. Nagahawatte, Prof. I. V. Devasiri, Dr. W. Kodikara Arachchichi, and Dr. Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, were received the President’s Award for scientific publication for the research publication titled “The Host Response to Viral Infections Reveals Common and Virus-Specific Signatures in the Peripheral Blood,” which was published in 2021 in the international peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Immunology.