University of Colombo

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

Colombo

U.S. Grantees

Name Sort ascending	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Estelle James	State University of New York-Stony Brook	University of Colombo , Several universities	Economics	Sri Lanka	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Holt	Bowdoin College	University of Peradeniya , University of Colombo	Religious Studies	Sri Lanka	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Heffernan	Saddleback College	University of Colombo	Literature	Sri Lanka	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Fred Guggenheim	City University of New York-Lehman College	University of Colombo	Education	Sri Lanka	1979-1980	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nanda Ganesan	California State University, Los Angeles	University of Colombo	Computer Science	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jay Erstling	University of Saint Thomas, Minnesota	University of Colombo	Law	Sri Lanka	1988-1989	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Emlet	University of Oregon	University of Colombo	Biology	Sri Lanka	2006-2007	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Elder	Hope College	University of Colombo	Political Science	Sri Lanka	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
P Chanmugam	Louisiana State University and A&M College	University of Colombo	Medical Sciences	Sri Lanka	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Burns	Nova Southeastern University	University of Colombo	Law	Sri Lanka	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gregory Brock	University of Kentucky	University of Colombo	Psychology	Sri Lanka	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Stephen Berkwitz	Missouri State University	University of Colombo	Religious Studies	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
David Averbuck	University of California, Berkeley	University of Colombo	Law	Sri Lanka	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Crista Arangala	Elon University	University of Colombo	Physical Sciences	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Asokan Anandarajan	New Jersey Institute of Technology	University of Colombo	Business	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Joseph Alexander	Harvard University	University of Colombo	Law	Sri Lanka	2004-2005	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name Sort ascending	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Santiago Uditha Ekaratne	University of Colombo	University of Oregon , Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	Environmental Sciences	Sri Lanka	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Lorna Dewaraja	University of Colombo	University of Saint Thomas, Minnesota	History	Sri Lanka	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Kariyawasam De Silva	University of Colombo	Michigan State University	Physics	Sri Lanka	1997-1998	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Weraduwage De Silva	University of Colombo	Harvard University , Harvard University	Sociology	Sri Lanka	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fyona Neloufer De Mel	University of Colombo	Yale University	Language	Sri Lanka	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
M Cooray	University of Colombo	American University	Political Science	Sri Lanka	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Shirani Bandaranayake	University of Colombo	University of Virginia	Law	Sri Lanka	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Asantha Attanayake Mudiyanselage	University of Colombo	Pennsylvania State University-University Park Campus	Linguistics	Sri Lanka	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sumudu Atapattu	University of Colombo	George Washington University	Law	Sri Lanka	2000-2001	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

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U.S. Grantees

Visiting Grantees