Neil Brewer’s research has been funded by a number of external grants from major competitive funding agencies such as the Australian Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the National Science Foundation (USA), and various other funding agencies. Projects supported by external funding are listed below. In addition to the external funding listed, he and his colleagues have received around $330,000 from competitive allocations within his own institution.
Neil Brewer & Robyn Young
Problematic interactions between autistic adults and the justice system
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2019-2022: $412,543
Amy Bradfield Douglass & Neil Brewer
Can brief social interactions undermine system variable protections against false eyewitness identifications?
National Science Foundation (USA) 2016-2018: $US127,858
Neil Brewer, Nathan Weber, & Gary Wells
Who should join the suspect in a police photoarray?
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2015-2020: $ 558,700
Matthew Palmer, Neil Brewer, & Jason McCarley
How feedback can impair recognition judgments and undermine border security, criminal investigations, educational testing, and medical screening
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2014-2016: $ 285,000
Neil Brewer, Nathan Weber, & D. Stephen Lindsay
Identifying the bad guy with deadlined confidence judgments
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2010-13: $ 424,000
Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, & Amy Bradfield Douglass
The distortion of eyewitness identification testimony
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2010-12: $ 230,000
Amy Bradfield Douglass, Neil Brewer, & Carolyn Semmler
The dynamic interaction between investigator and eyewitness: Effects on memory reports and interviewer behavior
National Science Foundation (USA) 2009-2011: $US 200,000
Neil Brewer, Fiona Gabbert, & Lorraine Hope
Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy
Australian Research Council Linkage International Social Sciences Collaboration 2009-2010: $152,000
Lorraine Hope, Fiona Gabbert, & Neil Brewer
Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy
Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Bilateral Australia 2009-2010: £ 81,282
Neil Brewer, Robyn Young, Nathan Weber, Anna Ma-Wyatt, Carolyn Semmler, & Ross McKinnon
A multi-function eye-tracker facility
Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure & Equipment Grant 2008: $120,000
Reg Nixon & Neil Brewer
Children’s memory for traumatic events
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2007-09: $ 201,189
Neil Brewer, Gary Wells, & Nathan Weber
Eyewitness identification: Metacognitive influences on choosing behaviour
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2005-09: $ 371,000
Neil Brewer & Jenny Williams
Determinants of tribunal outcomes for Indigenous footballers
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2006-07: $ 27,560
Neil Brewer
Eyewitness identification Visiting Fellowship (Rod Lindsay)
Directorate of Scientific Affairs of the Australian Psychological Society 2004: $ 3,000
Neil Brewer, Kip Williams, & Lynne ForsterLee
The dynamics of witness confidence effects on juror judgments
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2003-04: $ 138,000
Neil Brewer & Gary Wells
When does confidence predict eyewitness identification accuracy?
Australian Research Council Large Grant 2001-03: $112,700
Neil Brewer & Carolyn Semmler
Improving juror comprehension with a flowchart
Law Foundation of South Australia 2001: $ 10,000
Robyn Young & Neil Brewer
The detection of autism in young, pre-verbal children
Channel 7 Children’s Medical Research Foundation of South Australia 1999: $37,500
Neil Brewer
Confidence-accuracy calibration in eyewitness identification
Australian Research Council Small Grant 2000: $ 9,691
Neil Brewer
Consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Visiting Fellowship (Ron Fisher) Directorate of Scientific Affairs of the Australian Psychological Society 1995: $ 1,500
Neil Brewer, Ron Fisher, Mary Luszcz, & Nigel Bond
The relationship between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Australian Research Council Large Grant 1998-2000: $ 142,000
Neil Brewer
Effects of regular supervisory monitoring on performance
Australian Research Council Small Grant 1995-96: $33,200
Neil Brewer
Determinants of closeness of supervision
Australian Research Council Small Grant 1993-94: $ 22,700
Neil Brewer
Conflict management in police-citizen interactions
Sir Maurice Byers Fellowship (NSW Police Service) 1996-98: $ 31,920
Neil Brewer & Jason White
Computerized handwriting instruction for mentally retarded individuals
Apex Foundation for Research into Mental Retardation Ltd. 1989: $4,162
Neil Brewer & Jason White
Use of computer-assisted instruction in teaching functional academic skills
Department of Community Services, Victoria 1986-87: $25,300,
Neil Brewer & Glen Smith
Speed-accuracy control processes in intellectually retarded people
Australian Research Grants Scheme 1981-83, 1984-86: $ 67,405
Neil Brewer
Alcohol, secondary activity and driver performance
Department of Transport, South Australia 1978: $16,195