For the fiscal year 2021, 55 competitive Prescott Grants were awarded totaling $3,715,471 to recipients from 19 states and one tribe, representing marine mammal stranding network partners from every Fisheries Region.
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska SeaLife Center | Live Marine Mammal Response for Alaska and Training Additional Responders in Alaska's Remote Areas | $80,112 |
| North Slope Borough | Arctic Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting | $48,773 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage | Continued Strengthening of Alaska's Marine Mammal Stranding Program through a Statewide Stranding Coordinator for Level A-C Response with Improved Data and Sample Management | $79,770 |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting in Western Alaska FY22 | $34,415 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Sciences | Enhancing Marine Mammal Stranding Response in the San Francisco Bay Area While Developing a Diversity and Inclusion Internship Program | $34,999 |
| California Wildlife Center | A Targeted Approach to Enhance, Promote, and Consolidate Tag Resight Data for Rehabilitated Pinnipeds in the Southern California Bight | $25,000 |
| Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute | Vital Staff Support for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties | $50,000 |
| Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit | Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities | $49,763 |
| Humboldt State University | Critical Support for a Diverse and Inclusive Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program at Humboldt State University - a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in Northern California | $50,000 |
| Marine Mammal Care Center, Los Angeles | Support for Essential Hospital and Facility Management Positions | $100,000 |
| Northcoast Marine Mammal Center | Maintaining Marine Mammal Response, Rehabilitation, and Data Collection, After the 2020 Pandemic Losses | $94,736 |
| Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance | Determining factors governing observed reporting of gray whale strandings, bycatch, and vessel strikes in U.S. waters, 1983-2020 | $49,953 |
| Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Improving Animal Care, Diagnostics, Education & Outreach for Pinniped & Cetacean Stranding Response & Rehabilitation in Southern California | $43,916 |
| Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Developing Veterinary Intervention Capacity for Injured & Entangled Baleen Whales in California | $58,216 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Enhancing Pinniped Stranding Response in Central and Northern California | $50,000 |
| The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz | Support for Basic Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in California's Monterey Bay | $49,682 |
| The Regents of the University of California, Davis | Diagnostic Testing Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events | $98,669 |
| Sea World of California | Expanding and Updating Animal Response in Southern California | $50,000 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Mystic Aquarium | Operational Support for Mystic Aquariums Animal Rescue Program and Training State Agencies and Volunteers to Enhance and Support Response and Data Collection in CT, RI, and Fisher's Island, NY | $91,100 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. | Support Essential Personnel, Supplies and Training to Maintain and Enhance Marine Mammal Stranding Response, and Public Outreach in Delaware | $51,983 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Operational Support for Cetacean Rehabilitation through Facility Enhancement | $41,598 |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Formalize and Enhance Community Stakeholder Training to Increase Collaboration and Stranding Response Efficiency | $22,348 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Harmful Algal Toxin Diagnostic Capabilities in Support of Marine Mammal Stranding Response | $99,888 |
| Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute | Support for Proficient Stranding Response in an Active Region of Florida's East Coast: Providing evaluation of mortality trends and advanced assessment of human interaction | $99,892 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory | Rapid Detection and Response to Cetacean Strandings in Central West Florida and Enhancement of the Tools for Small Cetacean Interventions and Forensics | $41,598 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Department of Natural Resources | Enhance the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $95,460 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| The Marine Mammal Center | Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program | $95.000 |
| University of Hawaii | Stranding Response, Necropsy and Cause of Death Investigations for Pacific Island Cetaceans | $100,000 |
| University of Hawaii | The Relationship Between Diet and Overall Health of Spinner and Striped Dolphins in the North Pacific | $68,606 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Audubon Nature Institute | Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Maintaining and Enhancing Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding and Rehabilitation Program | $42,286 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Wildlife Studies | Continuing a Collaborative Marine Mammal Necropsy Program in the State of Maine | $73,087 |
| College of the Atlantic | Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Midcoast/ Downeast region of Maine, 2021-2022 |
$99,986 |
| Marine Mammals of Maine | Enhancing Data Collection Protocols for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Triage/Rehab Operations in Midcoast and Southern Maine | $100,000 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Maintaining the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Stranding Response Program: Continued Support for Response, Diagnostic Analysis, Regional Collaboration, and HAZWOPER Certified Response | $71,069 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Expanding Large Whale Medical Intervention and Research Capacity | $96,660 |
| National Marine Life Center, Inc. | Programmatic Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in Northern New England: Ensuring Long-Term Pinniped Rehabilitation in New England during and post COVID-19 | $67,887 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Seacoast Science Center, Inc. | Ensuring Safe and Reliable Response and Transport for Marine Mammals and Strengthening Outreach, Education, and Disease Surveillance in New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts | $54,951 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd. | Critical Support for Large Whale, Dolphin, and Seal Response in the New York Bight | $100,000 |
| Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation | Strengthening New York's Response to Marine Mammal Strandings Through Critical Operational Support, Community Outreach, and Education | $79,632 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Mammal Stranding Center | Critical Operational Support, Enhancements to Diagnostic Monitoring and Increasing Community Outreach Efforts for Pinniped and Cetacean Stranding Response and Rehabilitation in New Jersey | $99,994 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal North Carolina and Inland Sounds with Ongoing and Post-Unusual Mortality Event Surveillance |
$49,994 |
| The University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in Southern North Carolina with Special Emphasis on Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Monitoring, Human Interaction Diagnosis, and Enhanced Ancillary Analyses | $76,954 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $34,967 |
| Portland State University | Monitoring Changing Species Distributions in the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP) Response Area | $100,000 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network | Stranding Response and Diagnostic Testing for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $97,674 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | Support for Continued Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Research Operations of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $99,991 |
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding Requested |
|---|---|---|
| Cascadia Research Collective | Marine Mammal Stranding Response/Necropsy for Primary Response Areas and Large Whales Statewide (Stranded or Entangled), Including Enhanced Evaluation of Human Interaction, 2021-2022 | $44,945 |
| Makah Tribe | Determining factors governing observed reporting of gray whale strandings, bycatch, and vessel strikes in U.S. waters, 1983-2020 | $34,275 |
| Port Townsend Marine Science Center | Supporting and Updating Marine Mammal Stranding Response on the North Olympic Peninsula through Collaborative Volunteer Recruitment, Training, and Community Outreach | $53,552 |
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Large Whale Entanglement Response, Monitoring and Training on the US West Coast | $71,617 |
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Research on Factors Contributing to Entanglements of Baleen Whales along the US West Coast | $32,361 |
| Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife | Support for WDFW's ongoing marine mammal stranding response and investigations of causes of mortality in Washington State | $100,000 |
| The Whale Museum | Enhanced Disentanglement Efforts, Development of an Annual Harbor Seal Pupping Index, and Continued Stranding Response and Disease Surveillance in San Juan County | $35,000 |
| Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | Multiple Year Support for Live Stranded Pinniped Rehabilitation Program in Washington State: Treatment, Data Collection, and Facilities Upgrades | $44,784 |
| World Vets | Strengthening Support for the Health Needs of Stranded and Entangled Marine Mammals in Washington State | $90,999 |
Diver conducts towboard surveys at Midway Atoll. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.
A right whale breaching. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Christin Khan
Big fin squid. Credit: NOAA
King salmon spawning in a Pacific Northwest river. Credit: randimal