2016 Funded Prescott Grant Proposals
For FY2016, 32 competitive Prescott Grants were awarded totaling $2,718,411.
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.
The tables below, organized by the State where the recipient is located, list the applicant name, project title, and funding amount awarded.
Learn more about the Prescott Grant Program.
Alaska
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science | Preparing for Unusual Events Involving Live Marine Mammals in Alaska & Using Deployable Assets for Rehabilitation (NA16NMF4390143) | $99,991 |
California
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| California Academy of Sciences | A Collaborative Partnership Focused on Outreach, Education, and Improved Response to Stranded Marine Mammals in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, California: An Area with Limited Coverage (NA16NMF4390128) | $98,205 |
| California Wildlife Center | Enhanced Level A Data Collection and Dead-Animal Stranding Response (NA16NMF4390142) | $91,356 |
| Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit | Enhancement to CICRU's Bio-Surveillance and Cetacean Health Monitoring Program (NA16NMF4390129) | $77,257 |
| Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute | Support Basic and Enhancement Needs for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties (NA16NMF4390139) | $99,921 |
| Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation | Expansion of Effort-based Marine Mammal Surveys in northern California and southern Oregon based on Multi-Agency Cooperation and Strategic Planning (NA16NMF4390131) | $69,574 |
| MAR3INE (on behalf of Marine Mammal Care Ctr/Fort MacArthur) | Veterinary Technician Program at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur (NA16NMF4390130) | $100,000 |
| Northcoast Marine Mammal Center | Operational Support for Northcoast Marine Mammal Center Pinniped and Cetacean Reporting, Response, and Training: Public Outreach and Education in Humboldt and Del Norte County (NA16NMF4390144) | $33,665 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Investigation of Neurologic Disease in California Marine Mammals (NA16NMF4390148) | $90,971 |
Connecticut
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Research Foundation, Inc. | Support and Enhancement for the Marine Mammal Stranding Program at Sea Research Foundation's Mystic Aquarium (NA16NMF4390132) | $100,000 |
Florida
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute | Supporting Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Education and Outreach along the East Coast of Central Florida: A Region of Repeated Unusual Mortality Events and Increased Dolphin Entanglements (NA16NMF4390136) | $99,989 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory | Enhanced Capacity for Live Animal Response and Transport, and Continued High-Level Response, Recovery, and Analyses of Stranded Cetaceans in Southwest Florida (NA16NMF4390135) | $96,929 |
| The Florida Institute of Technology | Multi-Regional HAB Toxin Diagnostics for the Marine Mammal Stranding Network (NA16NMF4390151) | $49,974 |
Hawaii
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Pacific University | Continuing to Investigate Causes of Mortality in Pacific Cetaceans (NA16NMF4390150) | $100,000 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Support for a Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program: An Essential Tool to Enhance Survival of Critically Endangered Seals (NA16NMF4390159) | $99,730 |
Louisiana
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries | Maintaining and Enhancing Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Rescue and Recovery Along the Louisiana Coast (NA16NMF4390138) | $99,999 |
Massachusetts
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Large Whale and General Necropsy Support, Readiness, and Capacity Building within the Greater Atlantic Region (NA16NMF4390140) | $45,553 |
| National Marine Life Center, Inc. | Programmatic Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in Northern New England: Building Diagnostic Infrastructure & Enhancing Data Collection (NA16NMF4390156) | $69,361 |
Maine
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| College of the Atlantic | Maintenance and Enhancement of the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-Coast/Downeast Region of Maine 2016-2017 (NA16NMF4390134) | $99,972 |
| Marine Mammals of Maine | Support and Enhancement for Response, Data Collection and Outreach for Stranded Marine Mammals for Mid-coast and Southern Maine (NA16NMF4390146) | $95,565 |
Mississippi
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Inc. | Conduct Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Mississippi to Continue Data and Tissue Collection, Live Animal Rehabilitation, and Coverage of the Coastline and Barrier Islands (NA16NMF4390155) | $95,565 |
North Carolina
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources | Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal and Inland Northern North Carolina and Continued Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Surveillance (NA16NMF4390141) | $97,649 |
New Hampshire
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Seacoast Science Center | Strengthening Marine Mammal Stranding Response in New Hampshire, Supporting Network Partners, and Closing the Coverage Gap in North Shore Massachusetts (NA16NMF4390147) | $47,654 |
New Jersey
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Mammal Stranding Center | New Jersey Marine Mammal Medical Response, Treatment and Outreach Program (NA16NMF4390348) | $62,656 |
New York
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation | Operational Support for Comprehensive Response, Treatment and Data Collection of Live and Dead Marine Mammals in New York State (NA16NMF4390152) | $100,000 |
Oregon
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network (NA16NMF4390149) | $99,971 |
| Portland State University | Response to Marine Mammal Strandings by the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Stranding Program (NOSWSP) (NA16NMF4390137) | $98,675 |
South Carolina
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina University | The South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network: Restoring Stranding Response Capacity (NA16NMF4390157) | $77,737 |
Texas
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | Provision for Heightened Response and Analysis of Stranding Events Conducted by the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN) Rehabilitation and Research Program along the Texas Coast (NA16NMF4390154) | $99,364 |
Washington
| Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation | Investigations of Marine Mammal Strandings on the Makah Indian Reservation, 2016-2018 (NA16NMF4390349) | $48,086 |
| The Whale Museum | Stranding Response and Disease Surveillance in San Juan County, Washington (NA16NMF4390158) | $77,482 |
| Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife | Response and Investigating Causes of Mortality in Washington Marine Mammals (NA16NMF4390133) | $96,560 |
