The National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF) (Sinhala: ජාතික විද්යා පදනම, ශ්රී ලංකාව; Jāthika Vidyā Padanama, Śrī Laṅkāva) was established in 1998 as the successor to the Natural Resources Energy & Science Authority of Sri Lanka (NARESA) established in 1981 and the National Science Council set up in 1968.
It was created by the Science and Technology Development Act, No.
[1] The objectives of the NSF are to initiate, facilitate and support basic and applied scientific research conducted by universities, science and technology institutions and scientists, with the aim to: The NSF has the following divisions: It also maintains the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka Digital Repository, a digital library and open access repository.
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