The full paper submission format for the FARU Journal and the FARU Annual Conference is the same. The paper should be prepared according to the FARU full paper template. Authors have 3 publishing opportunities:

FARU Journal (Issue 01) - Opens from January - March via an open call. It is published in June each year. Papers should be submitted using Sri Lanka Journals Online (sljol) platform, https://faruj.sljol.info/

FARU Journal (Issue 02) - Open from April - June via the FARU Annual Conference. It is published in December. Only the highly ranked accepted papers of the annual conference get selected for this publication. Papers should be submitted by email to faru@uom.lk with subject ‘Full paper submission’.

FARU Conference Proceedings - Open from April - June via the FARU Annual Conference. It is published in December. Papers should be submitted by email to faru@uom.lk with subject ‘Full paper submission’.

Author Guidelines
The full paper should contain a completed research, the description of your study and should be structured in different sections such as: Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, Acknowledgements (if applicable) and References. The paper should be prepared according to the FARU full paper template. and limited to 10-12 pages including figures, tables and references (papers exceeding this page number will be rejected). If the paper is selected after the review process, the author is expected to revise the paper according to comments by the reviewers and submit the print-ready paper.

The initial review process takes nearly two months and the authors are notified of the final comment together with reviewer comments. The details of the FARU FARU Review process is found here.

Authors submitting full papers to the FARU Annual conference is eligible to apply for the FARU Awards by submitting the FARU Awards Submission formbefore the deadline

How to Submit Full Paper
Read the ‘Author Guidelines’, ‘FARU Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement’ , and follow the below steps on How to Submit full paper for FARU Publications:



Presentation - FARU Annual Conference
The time duration and the options of presentation is as follows:
In-person for 10 minutes with 5 minutes of question time Or
Virtually via Zoom for 10 minutes with 5 minutes of question time Or
Submit pre-recorded presentations for 10 minutes with 5 minutes of question time.

All selected authors will be notified via email on how to prepare for presentation. If an author requires FARU PowerPoint Template and the Speaker guide on recording presentationSpeaker guide on recording presentation can be accessed here.

FARU Awards - FARU Annual Conference
Authors submitting full papers to the FARU Annual conference are eligible to apply for the FARU Awards. To proceed, the author must fill the FARU Awards Submission form and email to faru@uom.lk with the subject ‘FARU Awards Submission form’. All winners will be awarded with a certificate at the award ceremony of the FARU Annual Conference. Submission forms must reach before the stated deadline (important dates).

Important Links
DOWNLOAD - FARU Full Paper (template)
DOWNLOAD - FARU Registration form
DOWNLOAD - FARU Awards Submission form
DOWNLOAD - FARU full paper submission form
DOWNLOAD - FARU PPT (template)
DOWNLOAD - Speaker guide on recording presentation