Makerere University | Fulbright Scholar Program

Non-U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Country

Uganda

City

Kampala

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Michael McPherson	University of North Texas	Makerere University	Economics	Uganda	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Harvey McMurray	North Carolina Central University	Makerere University	Sociology	Uganda	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Katherine Parry	Hunter College, The City University of New York	Makerere University	Linguistics	Uganda	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Ntambi	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Makerere University	Biology	Uganda	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Julia Royall	National Institutes of Health	Makerere University	Communications	Uganda	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Tobi Nagel	Phages for Global Health	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science, and Technology , Makerere University , Kenya Medical Research Institute	Public Health	Uganda, Kenya, Malaysia	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Crystal Murphy	Chapman University	Makerere University	Political Science	Uganda	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Byron Vaughn	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Makerere University	Medical Sciences	Uganda	2023-2024	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Carleen Maitland	Pennsylvania State University-University Park Campus	Makerere University , Technological University of Panama , Technological University of Panama	Info Sciences/Systems	Panama, Uganda	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joel Heinen	Florida International University	Makerere University	Biology	Uganda	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jessica Kissinger	University of Georgia	Makerere University	Biology	Uganda	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Long	University of New Hampshire	Makerere University	History	Uganda	1965-1966	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Shannon McMorrow	Western Michigan University	Makerere University	Public Health	Uganda	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kara Faktor	University of California, San Francisco	Makerere University , Makerere University , Makerere University	Medical Sciences	Uganda,Uganda,Uganda	2025-2026	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program