2021-2022 Funded Prescott Grant Proposals

Prescott Grants support a core mission of NOAA Fisheries – the conservation and recovery of protected marine species – by helping to improve our national marine mammal stranding response capabilities.

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The tables below, organized by the State where the recipient is located, list the applicant's name, project title, and funding amount awarded.

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2022, 49 awards for $3,799,648

State	Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding
AL	Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium	Investigating Success of Stranded Marine Mammal Surveillance by the Public, Trained Response Staff, and Unoccupied Aerial Surveys	$32,467
AK	Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science	Funding for Wildlife Response Operations and Training Remote Responders in Alaska	$99,974
AK	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
AK	Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak	Training Stranding Network Members to Live Capture and Disentangle Steller Sea Lions Around the Northern Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska	$54,987
CA	California Academy of Sciences	Increasing Undergraduate Opportunities in Marine Mammal Stranding Response at the California Academy of Sciences	$26,927
CA	Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute	Critical Support for Vital Staff Positions Needed to Maintain and Enhance Response, Data Collection, Reporting, Outreach, Education, and Training	$75,000
CA	Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit	Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities	$49,987
CA	Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation	Continued Critical Support for a Diverse and Inclusive Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response Community in Northern California	$96,942
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Establishing Renal Function Parameters and Pathology in California Sea Lions	$100,000
CA	National Marine Mammal Foundation, Inc.	Epigenetic Aging in Pinnipeds; Exploring Northern Elephant Seals as a Model for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals	$50,000
CA	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center	Staffing, Training, and Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation	$97,877
CA	Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance	Filling the Gap, Support for a Dedicated Marine Mammal Mortality Response Program in Southern California, Los Angeles County	$85,000
CA	The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz	Supporting Marine Mammal Stranding Response on the Central California Coast	$92,696
CT	Mystic Aquarium	Enhance Response and Data Collection in CT, RI, and Fisher's Island, NY and to Increase Network Collaboration and Data Sharing	$92,288
DE	Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.	Provide Essential Personnel to Adequately Respond to Current and Emerging Trends in Marine Mammal Strandings, Including an Expanding Seal Population and the Advent of Seal Pupping in Delaware	$93,100
FL	Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission	Critical Support for the Southwest Florida Stranding Coordinator and Enhanced Response to Large Whale and Mass Strandings throughout Florida	$48,525
FL	Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute	Critical Support for High-Level Cetacean Stranding Response and Enhanced Training and Preparedness Along the Most Active Region of Florida's East Coast	$99,980
FL	Marine Animal Rescue Society, Inc.	Marine Mammal Field Response & Necropsy Support	$29,479
FL	Mote Marine Laboratory	Rapid Detection and Response to Cetacean Strandings and Small Cetacean Disentanglements in Central Western Florida and Capacity Building for Large Whale Recovery, Necropsy and Disposal for Greater FL	$41,112
FL	University of Florida	A Multidisciplinary Approach to Marine Mammal Death Investigations Using Forensic Science	$91,079
HI	Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources	Ensuring Capacity for the State of Hawai'i and NOAA's Continued Stranding and Entanglement Response Partnership	$27,912
HI	The Marine Mammal Center	Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program	$97,030
HI	University of Hawaii	Stranding Response, Necropsy and Cause of Death Investigations in Hawaii and the Greater Pacific	$100,000
HI	West Hawaii Aquatic Large Entanglement Response Network, Inc.	West Hawai'i Aquatic Large Entanglement Response Network, 2022	$4,321
IL	University Of Illinois	Centralized Diagnostic Testing and Histopathology Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events	$86,468
LA	Audubon Nature Institute	Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Response and Enhancing Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$58,700
ME	College of the Atlantic	Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-coast/Downeast region of Maine, 2022-2023	$99,986
ME	Marine Mammals of Maine	Supporting Pinniped and Cetacean Stranding Response and Sustaining Pinniped Triage and Rehabilitation Capacity in the Northeast US	$100,000
ME	University of Maine	Investigating Pinniped Susceptibility to Viral Disease Outbreaks through Diagnostic Analyses and Post- Unusual Mortality Event Monitoring	$99,988
MD	National Aquarium, Inc.	Enhancement of Stranding Response along MD's Atlantic Coast with the Addition of Seal Triage	$54,892
MA	National Marine Life Center, Inc.	Ensuring the Continuation of Seal Rehabilitation in New England	$55,334
MA	Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (North America) Inc.	Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) in Southeast Massachusetts	$77,407
NH	Seacoast Science Center, Inc.	Improving Effectiveness, Quality, and Community Understanding of Marine Mammal Response and Rescue in New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts	$39,682
NY	Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd.	Continued Support for Large Whale, Dolphin and Seal Response in the New York Bight	$100,000
NY	Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	Enhancement of New York's Marine Mammal Stranding Program in Response to Increased Strandings and Human Interaction Cases	$44,828
NJ	Marine Mammal Stranding Center	Operational Support and Enhancements for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation and Increasing Community Outreach Efforts in New Jersey	$98,524
NC	The University of North Carolina at Wilmington	Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in Southern North Carolina with Emphasis on Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Monitoring, Human Interaction Diagnosis in support of the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction	$99,535
NC	North Carolina Department of Environment of Environmental Quality	Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal and Central and Northern Sounds of North Carolina with Current and Post-Unusual Mortality Event and Fishery Interaction Surveillance	$99,755
OR	Oregon State University	Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$99,958
OR	Portland State University	Support for Stranding Response for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$100,000
SC	Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network	Stranding Response and Outreach for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$99,770
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Critical Operational Support for the Texas Marine Mammal Rescue, Response, and Data Collection Program	$99,928
VA	Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc.	Virginia Marine Mammal Stranding Response: Maintaining Expert Stranding Response and Establishing Brucella Biomonitoring Program	$99,977
WA	Cascadia Research Collective	Cascadia Stranding Response for all Marine Mammals in Primary Washington Areas and for Dead or Live/Entangled Whales Statewide, Including Enhanced Evaluation of Human Interaction, 2022-2023	$79,883
WA	SR3, Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research	Increasing Resources for Marine Mammal Response And Rehabilitation In The Pacific Northwest	$80,000
WA	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
WA	Whatcom Marine Mammal Standing Network	Tri-organizational Collaboration to Provide Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Post-Mortem Examination, and Research Capacity along Eastern Puget Sound Washington	$83,350
WA	The Whale Museum	Programmatic Support for Ongoing Stranding Response, Disentanglements, Disease Surveillance, and the Development of a Harbor Seal Pupping Index in San Juan County	$75,000
WA	World Vets	Continuing Veterinary and Technical Support for the Health Needs of Stranded and Entangled Marine Mammals in Washington State	$80,000

2021, 55 awards for $3,715,471

State	Applicant	Project Title	Federal Funding
AK	Alaska SeaLife Center	Live Marine Mammal Response for Alaska and Training Additional Responders in Alaska's Remote Areas	$80,112
AK	North Slope Borough	Arctic Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting	$48,773
AK	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
AK	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting in Western Alaska FY22	$34,415
CA	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
CA	California Wildlife Center	A Targeted Approach to Enhance, Promote, and Consolidate Tag Resight Data for Rehabilitated Pinnipeds in the Southern California Bight	$25,000
CA	Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute	Vital Staff Support for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties	$50,000
CA	Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit	Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities	$49,763
CA	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
CA	Marine Mammal Care Center, Los Angeles	Support for Essential Hospital and Facility Management Positions	$100,000
CA	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center	Maintaining Marine Mammal Response, Rehabilitation, and Data Collection, After the 2020 Pandemic Losses	$94,736
CA	Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance	Filling the Gap, Support for a new Dead Marine Animal Response Progam in Southern California, Los Angeles County	$49,953
CA	Pacific Marine Mammal Center	Improving Animal Care, Diagnostics, Education & Outreach for Pinniped & Cetacean Stranding Response & Rehabilitation in Southern California	$43,916
CA	Pacific Marine Mammal Center	Developing Veterinary Intervention Capacity for Injured & Entangled Baleen Whales in California	$58,216
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Enhancing Pinniped Stranding Response in Central and Northern California	$50,000
CA	The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz	Support for Basic Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in California's Monterey Bay	$49,682
CA	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
CA	Sea World of California	Expanding and Updating Animal Response in Southern California	$50,000
CT	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
DE	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
FL	Clearwater Marine Aquarium	Operational Support for Cetacean Rehabilitation through Facility Enhancement	$41,598
FL	Clearwater Marine Aquarium	Formalize and Enhance Community Stakeholder Training to Increase Collaboration and Stranding Response Efficiency	$22,348
FL	Florida Institute of Technology	Harmful Algal Toxin Diagnostic Capabilities in Support of Marine Mammal Stranding Response	$99,888
FL	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
FL	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
GA	Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Enhance the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$95,460
HI	The Marine Mammal Center	Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program	$95.000
HI	University of Hawaii	Stranding Response, Necropsy and Cause of Death Investigations for Pacific Island Cetaceans	$100,000
HI	University of Hawaii	The Relationship Between Diet and Overall Health of Spinner and Striped Dolphins in the North Pacific	$68,606
LA	Audubon Nature Institute	Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Maintaining and Enhancing Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding and Rehabilitation Program	$42,286
ME	Center for Wildlife Studies	Continuing a Collaborative Marine Mammal Necropsy Program in the State of Maine	$73,087
ME	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
ME	Marine Mammals of Maine	Enhancing Data Collection Protocols for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Triage/Rehab Operations in Midcoast and Southern Maine	$100,000
MD	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
MA	International Fund for Animal Welfare	Expanding Large Whale Medical Intervention and Research Capacity	$96,660
MA	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
NH	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
NY	Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd.	Critical Support for Large Whale, Dolphin, and Seal Response in the New York Bight	$100,000
NY	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
NJ	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
NC	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
NC	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
OR	Oregon State University	Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$34,967
OR	Portland State University	Monitoring Changing Species Distributions in the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP) Response Area	$100,000
SC	Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network	Stranding Response and Diagnostic Testing for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$97,674
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Support for Continued Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Research Operations of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	$99,991
WA	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
WA	Makah Tribe	Determining factors governing observed reporting of gray whale strandings, bycatch, and vessel strikes in U.S. waters, 1983-2020	$34,275
WA	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
WA	SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research	Large Whale Entanglement Response, Monitoring and Training on the US West Coast	$71,617
WA	SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research	Research on Factors Contributing to Entanglements of Baleen Whales along the US West Coast	$32,361
WA	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
WA	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
WA	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
WA	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 09/14/2023

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