The Open University of Sri Lanka | 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

Sri Lanka

City

Nugegoda

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Vijaya Samaraweera	Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated	The Open University of Sri Lanka	Law	Sri Lanka	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jason Strother	Montclair State University	Utkal University , The Open University of Sri Lanka , Maldives Association of Persons with Disabilities	Communications	India, Sri Lanka, Maldives	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Katherine Hoffman	Roanoke College	The Open University of Sri Lanka	Literature	Sri Lanka	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Clay	Florida Institute of Technology	The Open University of Sri Lanka	Computer Science	Sri Lanka	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Lilani Senaratna	The Open University of Sri Lanka	University of California, Berkeley	Biology	Sri Lanka	2014-2015	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vivimarie Medawattegedera	The Open University of Sri Lanka	The University of Texas at El Paso	Linguistics	Sri Lanka	2017-2018	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Camena Guneratne	The Open University of Sri Lanka	University of Colorado Boulder	Law	Sri Lanka	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Arjuna De Zoysa	The Open University of Sri Lanka	University of California, Los Angeles , University of California, Los Angeles	Environmental Sciences	Sri Lanka	1995-1996	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ryhana Raheem	The Open University of Sri Lanka	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Linguistics	Sri Lanka	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Indika Niranjala Devi Bulankulame	The Open University of Sri Lanka	George Washington University	Anthropology	Sri Lanka	2008-2009	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program