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Brian Reed Silliman

Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Conservation Biology
Marine Science and Conservation
135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516

Selected Grants


Collaborative Research: Can Theory-informed Incorporation of Mutualisms into Coastal Habitat Restoration Increase Ecosystem Regrowth?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2026

LTER: Georgia coastal Ecosystems-IV

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Georgia · 2013 - 2025

Living shorelines monitoring at MCAS Cherry Point

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of the Navy · 2021 - 2025

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025

IUCRC Planning Grant Duke University: Center for Innovation in Risk-analysis for Climate Adaptation and Decision-making (CIRCAD)

ResearchParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2025

NSF Engines: Type-1: North Carolina Ecosystem Technology (NCET) Economic Engine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Wilmington · 2023 - 2025

Can positive interactions make restoration an affordable option for coastal managers?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pew Charitable Trusts · 2018 - 2021

MCAS Living Shoreline

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pew Charitable Trusts · 2020 - 2021

Consequences of Changing Mangrove Forests in South Asia on the Provision of Global Ecosystem Goods and Services

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2017 - 2021

Harnessing positive interactions at multiple scales for seagrass restoration

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2016 - 2018

Can Sea Otters Defend and Restore our Coastlines?

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for Conservation Biology · 2015 - 2018

CAREER: Small Grazers, Multiple Stressors and the Proliferation of Fungal Disease in Marine Plant Ecosystems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2017

CAREER: Small Grazers, Multiple Stressors and the Proliferation of Fungal Disease - Supplement

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2016

Are blue crab declines leading to a trophic cascade and massive loss of U.S. southern marshes?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2014