Oliver Abeynayake Dissertation Fellowship

The fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarly potential and provides financial support for students producing high-quality, original dissertation work. Each selected fellow will receive a total grant of LKR 50,000.00, disbursed in two instalments:

• First Instalment (50%): Upon official announcement of the award.
• Second Instalment (50%): Upon submission of the completed dissertation to the university, contingent on adherence to the proposal's objectives and timeline.

• Applicants must be registered 4th-year undergraduate students at any University (government or private) in Sri Lanka.
• The applicant's dissertation must be within the Faculty of Humanities.
• Applicants must be actively working on their final-year dissertation during the current academic year.
• The research must be the original work of the applicant.
• All submissions must be free from plagiarism and academic misconduct.
• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to generate content, ideas, or written chapters is strictly prohibited.
• Fellows must maintain high research ethics throughout the dissertation process.
• Medium of Research: Sinhala or English.

Eligible students are required to submit the following as a single PDF document to the Research Centre's official email:

• A completed application form.
• The first chapter of their dissertation OR a standard research proposal including:
  • Research topic
  • Objectives
  • Literature review
  • Methodology
  • Expected outcomes

• All submitted proposals will be reviewed by a committee of subject experts.
• Selection criteria include:
  • Clarity and originality of the research problem
  • Strength of theoretical and methodological framework
  • Academic rigor and writing quality
• Two (2) fellowship winners will be selected based on the committee's evaluation.