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 for the fiscal year 2018.
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Alaska
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Alaska Department of Fish & Game |
Live Capture and Disentanglement of Steller Sea Lions in Alaska (NA18NMF4390042) |
$100,000 |
| Alaska Whale Foundation |
Enhancing Stranding and Entanglement Response Capacity in Southeast Alaska (NA18NMF4390053) |
$20,389 |
| Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science |
Live Marine Mammal Response in Alaska and Development of Capabilities in Alaska's Remote Areas (NA18NMF4390029) |
$99,995 |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting in Alaska (NA18NMF4390062) |
$20,573 |
California
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| California Academy of Sciences |
Enhancing Capacity for Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Northern California Through Preparedness Remote Training Tools for Rapid Response (NA18NMF4390037) |
$90,551 |
| Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute |
Operational Support for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties (NA18NMF4390054) |
$68,770 |
| Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation |
Critical Support for Strengthening Dead Marine Mammal Response and for Enhancing Level A, B and C Reporting Along Remote Coastlines in Northern California (NA18NMF4390040) |
$99,897 |
| The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz |
Enhanced Stranding Response and Training for the Future on the Central California Coast (NA18NMF4390057) |
$65,696 |
Connecticut
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Sea Research Foundation, Inc. |
Operational Support for Mystic Aquarium's Animal Rescue Program Including Building Regional Supply Inventory for Large Whale Stranding Response (NA18NMF4390035) |
$100,000 |
Delaware
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation, Inc. |
Essential Personnel, Supplies, and Resources to Conduct Comprehensive Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Delaware (NA18NMF4390049) |
$48,940 |
Florida
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Marine Mammal Stranding Response Along Central Florida's East Coast: enhancing program capacity in a region of repeated Unusual Mortality Events and increased human interaction (NA18NMF4390034) |
$99,966 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory |
Collaborative Training, Small Cetacean Disentanglement, and Continued High-Level Response, Recovery, and Analyses of Stranded Cetaceans in Southwest Florida (NA18NMF4390064) |
$54,509 |
Hawaii
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| The Marine Mammal Center |
Continued Support for a Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program: An Essential Tool to Species Recovery (NA18NMF4390055) |
$87,702 |
| University of Hawaii |
Stranding Response and Causes of Mortality in Pacific Island Cetaceans (NA18NMF4390058) |
$90,000 |
Illinois
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
|
Chicago Zoological
Society, Inc.
|
Continuation of a National Service Center for Post-Release Monitoring of Small Cetaceans (NA18NMF4390039) |
$99,945 |
Louisiana
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
|
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
|
Critical Support for Maintaining Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding and Rescue Program (NA18NMF4390030) |
$99,999 |
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, 2018-2019 (NA18NMF4390059) |
$49,996 |
| Marine Mammals of Maine |
Support and Enhancement for Response, Data Collection and Triage to Rehab Operations for Marine Mammals in Mid-coast and Southern Maine (NA18NMF4390050) |
$49,669 |
| University of Maine System |
Retrospective Analysis of Marine Mammal Strandings in a Region of Socio-Ecological and Environmental Change (NA18NMF4390041) |
$64,396 |
Maryland
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| National Aquarium, Inc. |
Expansion of the Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Program at the National Aquarium (NA18NMF4390051) |
$38,097 |
Massachusetts
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| National Marine Life Center, Inc. |
Programmatic Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in Northern New England: Enhancing Data Collection, Analyzing and Publishing Data (NA18NMF4390061) |
$73,778 |
| National Marine Life Center, Inc. |
Continuing the Marine Mammal Morphological Parasite Laboratory (NA18NMF4390056) |
$39,702 |
New Hampshire
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Seacoast Science Center, Inc. |
Closing a Gap in Coverage in Northeastern Massachusetts and Advancing Key Personnel Expertise with Targeted Training and Enhanced Conference Participation (NA18NMF4390036) |
$33,112 |
North Carolina
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Department of Environmental Quality |
Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal and Northern Inland North Carolina and Continued Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Surveillance (NA18NMF4390031) |
$99,982 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington |
Microbiome Characterization as a Potential Health Indicator in Tursiops Truncatus and Kogia spp. (NA18NMF4390033) |
$90,604 |
New York
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd. |
Mortality and Entanglement Investigations in New York and the Greater Atlantic Region: A Collaborative Response and Training Initiative to Increasingly Challenging Issues (NA18NMF4390043) |
$100,000 |
Oregon
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Oregon State University |
Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network (NA18NMF4390028) |
$99,980 |
| Portland State University |
Investigating Continuing Changes in Marine Mammal Strandings in the Area Covered by the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NA18NMF4390024) |
$100,000 |
South Carolina
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Coastal Carolina University |
The South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network: Stranding Response and Enhanced Diagnostic Testing (NA18NMF4390027) |
$96,650 |
Texas
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
Enhanced Training and Operational Support for Increased Response, Treatment and Data Collection from Living and Dad Marine Mammals along the Texas Coast (NA18NMF4390026) |
$97,249 |
Virginia
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. |
Coordinating Expert Response, Rehabilitation, and Data Collection for Stranded Marine Mammals in Virginia (NA18NMF4390025) |
$99,621 |
Washington
| Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding |
|---|
| Cascadia Research Collective |
Cascadia Research Response Activities in Washington State: Coverage of Primary Response Areas and Statewide Effort for Large Whales, 2018-2020 (NA18NMF4390032) |
$99,713 |
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehab and Research |
Enhancing Large Whale Entanglement Response in the Pacific Northwest (NA18NMF4390052) |
$96,828 |
| State of Washington, Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Ongoing Response and Investigating Causes of Mortality in Washington Marine Mammals (NA18NMF4390038) |
$99,999 |
| The Whale Museum |
Continued Stranding Response and Disease Surveillance in San Juan County, WA, and Improved Pinniped Entanglement Response for the West Coast Region (NA18NMF4390063) |
$90,570 |
|
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
|
Multiple Year Support for Rehabilitation of Live Stranded Pinnipeds and Education in San Juan County and WA State and Facilities Upgrades to Meet and Exceed NMFS Policies and Best Practices (NA18NMF4390060) |
$41,635 |
Humpback whales swimming underwater. Credit: Kogia.org
A stranding responder measures a stranded loggerhead sea turtle on a Florida beach. Photo credit: Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network
A Rice’s whale just under the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico. This endangered whale was recognized as a separate species from the Bryde’s whale in 2021. Credit: NOAA Fisheries under NOAA Permit No. 21938.
Pair of bottlenose dolphins. Credit: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Morse.