FY 2021 Prescott Grant Awards

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.

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Alaska

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

California

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

Connecticut

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

Delaware

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

Florida

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

Georgia

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Enhance the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$95,460

Hawaii

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

Louisiana

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

Maine

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

New Hampshire

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

New York

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

New Jersey

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

North Carolina

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

Oregon

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

South Carolina

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

Texas

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

Washington

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

Last updated by Office of Protected Resources on 09/14/2021