FY 2023 Prescott Grant Awards

For the fiscal year 2023, 50 competitive Prescott Grants were awarded totaling $4,071,231 to recipients from 20 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
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science	Supporting Wildlife Response Operations and Training Remote Responders in Alaska	$99,997
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	$100,000

California

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
California Academy of Sciences	Support for the California Academy of Sciences' stranding response while enhancing statewide large whale necropsy response through cross training and standardization	$99,629
California Wildlife Center	Enhancing Functionality and Expanding Involvement in the Pinniped Tag Resight Database	$22,604
Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit	Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities	$55,491
Friends of the Sea Lions, Inc. dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center	Ocean Health Fellowship, Necropsy Staff and Equipment for Necropsy and Sample Storage in Orange County, California	$20,000
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation	Critical Baseline Support for Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Northern California in a Diverse and Inclusive Community at Cal Poly Humboldt - a Hispanic Serving Institution	$99,951
The Marine Mammal Center	Evaluating the impact of rehabilitation on antimicrobial resistance in northern elephant seals	$100,000
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center	Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation	$93,080
Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance	Support for a Dedicated Marine Mammal Mortality Response Program in Southern California, Los Angeles County	$84,159
The Regents of the University of California, Davis	Validation study of Sarcocystis neurona diagnostics with evaluation of other pathogenic protozoa in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)	$100,000
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles	Mapping the host community of Leptospira in the eastern Pacific using novel genomic approaches	$99,960
The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz	Basic Stranding Response: Involving Undergraduate Responders to Train the Next Generation of Marine Mammal Stranding Responders	$95,594

Connecticut

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Mystic Aquarium	Operational Support for the Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Program with Focus on Mitigating Human Interaction with Marine Mammals and Ensuring Preparedness for Large Scale Stranding Events	$61,779

Delaware

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.	Maintain essential personnel and resources for optimum stranding response and seal triage in Delaware	$75,490

Florida

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Clearwater Marine Aquarium	Improving Efficiency, Safety, and Capabilities of Cetacean Carcass Recovery, Necropsy, and Sample Storage	$14,045
Florida Institute of Technology, Inc	Diagnostic Phycotoxin Analyses in support of Marine Mammal Stranding-Based Research	$62,913
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute	Providing high-level response, training and sustained preparedness for Florida's most active coastline for cetacean strandings	$100,000
Mote Marine Laboratory	Sustaining Mote's Stranding Investigations Program high-level response to live and dead stranded cetaceans and expanding the forensic toolbox for network partners	$57,892

Georgia

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Implement the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$90,000

Hawaii

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
The Marine Mammal Center	Critical Support for Impactful Interventions in Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Efforts	$100,000
University of Hawai'i	Causes of mortality in Pacific Island cetaceans and the continuation of a diverse and inclusive internship program	$99,995
University of Hawai'i	Circovirus: Investigating the impact of an emerging disease detected in 11 host cetacean species	$98,510

Illinois

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
University Of Illinois	Centralized Diagnostic Testing and Histopathology Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events	$92,026

Louisiana

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Audubon Nature Institute	Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Response and Expanding Coverage for Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$99,962

Maine

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
College of the Atlantic	Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-coast/Downeast region of Maine, 2023-2024	$40,857
Marine Mammals of Maine	Addressing emerging health threats and managing public expectations through pinniped stranding response, data collection, triage/rehab, and outreach in Midcoast and Southern Maine	$100,000

Maryland

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Maryland Department of Natural Resources	The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Stranding Response Program: Continued Support for Response, Diagnostic Analysis, and Regional Collaboration through the Addition of a Seasonal Staff Position	$77,422

Massachusetts

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Inc.	Building Stranding Network Capacity through Training at a Cetacean Intensive Care Unit	$90,045
National Marine Life Center, Inc.	Programmatic Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in New England: Restore pinniped rehabilitation capacity and improve data storage and data sharing	$100,000
National Marine Life Center, Inc.	Continuing the Marine Mammal Morphological Parasite Laboratory IV	$50,014
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)	Marine Mammal Stranding Team Support for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)	$21,064
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (North America) Inc.	Operational Support for Marine Animal Rescue and Response (MARR) Program in Massachusetts	$64,590

New York

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd.	Increasing Capacity for Large Whale Response in the Greater Atlantic Region: Preparing for the New Normal	$54,339
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd.	Marine Mammal Stranding Response in the New York Bight: Support for Expert Responders and Training Opportunities	$75,505
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	Operational Support for New York State's Marine Mammal Response and Rehabilitation Program	$66,899

New Jersey

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Marine Mammal Stranding Center	Critical Operational Support and Facility Enhancements for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Public Outreach in New Jersey	$89,010

North Carolina

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
North Carolina Department of Environment of Environmental Quality	Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal North Carolina and Inland Sounds with Ongoing and Post-Unusual Mortality Event Surveillance	$99,657
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	Gap Coverage and Building Sustainable Stranding Response on the Outer Banks of North Carolina	$98,193

Oregon

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Oregon State University	Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$99,864
Portland State University	Support for Stranding Response and Documentation of Human/Fisheries Interaction and Disease for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP)	$100,000

South Carolina

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network	Stranding Response and Outreach for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$99,945

Texas

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Essential Support for the Response and Investigation of Marine Mammal Strandings in Texas	$100,000

Virginia

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc.	Virginia Marine Mammal Stranding Response: Maintaining Expert Stranding Response and Continuing The Brucella Biomonitoring Program	$74,450

Washington

Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding Requested
Cascadia Research Collective	Cascadia stranding response for all marine mammals in primary Washington areas and large whales statewide in 2024, with emphasis on assessment of human interaction and disease	$99,952
Cascadia Research Collective	Collaborative proposal for improved whale entanglement response, training, and capabilities in the Pacific Northwest	$99,914
SR3, Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research	Critical Operational Support and Internship Funding for Marine Mammal Response, Rehabilitation, and Outreach in the Pacific Northwest	$59,910
SR3, Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research	Implementing Next Generation Telemetry for Large Whale Entanglement Response	$99,989
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife	Support for WDFW's ongoing marine mammal stranding response and investigations of causes of mortality in Washington State	$100,000
The Whale Museum	Ongoing Stranding Response, Disease Surveillance and Enhanced Disentanglement Detection in San Juan County, WA	$86,535

Last updated by Office of Protected Resources on 09/14/2023