1802014 Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Co-Principal Investigator with William A. McLellan: Aerial
Surveys for Endangered Whales at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay within the Virginia Wind Energy Area; 1 year
study, $42,490
2014 HDR/e2M (through Duke University) Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Monitoring of Protected Species in the Onslow AFAST and Jacksonville USWTR sites;
1 year study; $243,633
2013 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Principal Investigator: Hook Interactions with Cetacean
Tissue: Mechanical Tests of Hooks from the North Carolina and Hawaii Longline Fisheries; 1 year study;
$29,998.81
2013 HDR/e2M (through Duke University), Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Monitoring of Protected Species in the Onslow AFAST and Jacksonville USWTR sites;
1 year study, $342,040.
2012 New England Aquarium, Co-Principal Investigator with William A. McLellan: Weak hook interactions
with cetacean tissues: tests of various hook designs (circle, offset, tuna and J) and strengths; 1 year study,
$15,147
2012 Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Co-Principal Investigator with William A. McLellan: Aerial
Surveys for Endangered Whales at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay within the Virginia Wind Energy Area; 6
month study, $93,594
2012 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Principal Investigator :
Providing Necropsy Training Workshops for the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic and Stranding Response for North
Carolina; 1 year study ; $98,765
2011 HDR/e2M (through Duke University) Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Monitoring of Protected Species in the Onslow AFAST and Jacksonville USWTR sites;
10 months; $384,608.84
2011 HDR/e2M (through Duke University) Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Monitoring of Protected Species in the Onslow AFAST and Jacksonville USWTR sites;
12 months; $362,183.14
2011 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Principal Investigator:
Response to and Coordination of Marine Mammal Strandings in North Carolina; 1 year study, $95,745
2010 HDR/e2M (through Duke University) Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Monitoring of Protected Species in the Onslow AFAST and Jacksonville USWTR sites;
6 months; $346,549.88
2010 US Fish and Wildlife Service. Co-Principal Investigator with William A. McLellan: UNC Wilmington Pilot
Study to organize past manatee sightings and to collect future manatee sightings data from North Carolina; $11,525
2010 Parsons (through Duke University), Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Long-term monitoring of protected species in the USWTR; Onslow Bay and
Jacksonville, FL; 8 month continuation, $408,024
2010 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Principal Investigator:
Enhancing Stranding Response in Northern North Carolina; 1 year study, $99,890
2010 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Co-Principal Investigator with
William A. McLellan: Response to and Necropsy of Stranded Large Whales in North Carolina and Virginia; 2
year study; $99,890
2009 Parsons (through Duke University), Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Long-term monitoring of protected species in the USWTR; Onslow Bay and
Jacksonville, FL; 1 year study, $351,035.
2009 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Principal Investigator:
Building stranding response capacity in northern North Carolina; 1 year study, $99,930.
2009 Parsons (through Duke University), Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI), Charles Borchers
and William A. McLellan: Long-term monitoring of protected species in the USWTR; Jacksonville, FL; I year
study, $287,050
2008 Geo-Marine Incorporated (through Duke University), Co-Principal Investigator with Andrew Read (PI),
Charles Borchers and William A. McLellan: Long-term monitoring of protected species in the USWTR; 1 year study,
$316,375.
2 008 National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, Prescott Stranding Grant, Principal Investigator:
Enhanced tissue collection and health monitoring of stranded marine mammals in North Carolina and Virginia;
1 year study, $99,974