Currently Funded Projects
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
2018 - 2020
Title: The Development of Accurate Quantification Methods for Spawning Populations of River Herring Using Environmental DNA
Investigators: Erin Field, Michael Brewer, and Roger Rulifson
National Science Foundation
2016 - 2019 GRFP Life Sciences and Biodiversity $USD ~150,000
Title: Robber fly systematics and venomics
Awardee: Christopher Cohen
National Science Foundation
2016 - 2019 GRFP Evolutionary Biology $USD ~150,000
Title: Ctenid spider venomics
Awardee: Timothy J. Cole
National Institutes of Health
2016 – 2019 R15 NS095115-01A1 Keene and Brewer (Multiple PI) $USD 442,371
Title: Genetic evaluation of two novel loci associated with recurrent stroke
Investigators: Keith Keene and Michael Brewer
North Carolina Wildlife Commission
2016-2018 Rulifson (PI) $USD 120,000
Title: Hickory Shad Stock Identification Using Multiple Techniques for Assisting the Development of a Fishery Management Plan
Investigators: Roger Rulifson and Michael Brewer
ECU Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Award program
2016-2017 May (PI) $USD 17,600
“Prenatal Exercise and Postnatal Exercise Effects on Offspring Health (PEPE)”
Investigators: Linda May, Michael Brewer, and Keith Keene
Brody School of Medicine (ECU) Internal Seed/Bridge Grant Program
2016-2017 Vohra (PI) $USD 25,000
Title: Using genomic analysis of breast cancers from eastern North Carolina to understand differences in anti-tumor immune responses
Investigators: Nasreen Vohra, Kathryn Verbanac, and Michael Brewer
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
2018 - 2020
Title: The Development of Accurate Quantification Methods for Spawning Populations of River Herring Using Environmental DNA
Investigators: Erin Field, Michael Brewer, and Roger Rulifson
National Science Foundation
2016 - 2019 GRFP Life Sciences and Biodiversity $USD ~150,000
Title: Robber fly systematics and venomics
Awardee: Christopher Cohen
National Science Foundation
2016 - 2019 GRFP Evolutionary Biology $USD ~150,000
Title: Ctenid spider venomics
Awardee: Timothy J. Cole
National Institutes of Health
2016 – 2019 R15 NS095115-01A1 Keene and Brewer (Multiple PI) $USD 442,371
Title: Genetic evaluation of two novel loci associated with recurrent stroke
Investigators: Keith Keene and Michael Brewer
North Carolina Wildlife Commission
2016-2018 Rulifson (PI) $USD 120,000
Title: Hickory Shad Stock Identification Using Multiple Techniques for Assisting the Development of a Fishery Management Plan
Investigators: Roger Rulifson and Michael Brewer
ECU Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Award program
2016-2017 May (PI) $USD 17,600
“Prenatal Exercise and Postnatal Exercise Effects on Offspring Health (PEPE)”
Investigators: Linda May, Michael Brewer, and Keith Keene
Brody School of Medicine (ECU) Internal Seed/Bridge Grant Program
2016-2017 Vohra (PI) $USD 25,000
Title: Using genomic analysis of breast cancers from eastern North Carolina to understand differences in anti-tumor immune responses
Investigators: Nasreen Vohra, Kathryn Verbanac, and Michael Brewer
