FY 2024 Received Prescott Grant Proposals

November 08, 2023

For the fiscal year 2024, 66 proposals were received from 21 states and 1 Tribe. The total amount of federal funding requested was $8,262,854. These proposals met the minimum requirements and will be considered for funding.

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Alaska

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Pacific Islands

Southeast

West Coast

National

Field Response & Rehabilitation Proposals

Alaska ($447,916 requested)

State	Applicant	Project Title
AK	Aleut Community of St. Paul Island	Responding to, Monitoring and Preventing Laaqudax^ (Northern Fur Seal, NFS, Calllorhinus ursinus) Entanglement in Marine Debris on the Pribilof Islands
AK	Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science	Supporting Wildlife Response Operations and Training Remote Responders in Alaska
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

Greater Atlantic ($1,844,047 requested)

State	Applicant	Project Title
CT	Mystic Aquarium	Operational Support for Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program with Focus on Enhancing Data Management and Expanding Engagement with Local Fishing and Underserved Communities
DE	Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.	Provide Essential Personnel and Operating Resources to Meet the Growing Demands of Response, Triage, Necropsy, and Data Management for Stranded Marine Mammals in Delaware
MA	International Fund for Animal Welfare, Inc.	Enhancing Cetacean Response Through Training and Collaboration
MA	Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket, Inc DNU	Enhancement and Sustenance: Marine Mammal Rescue Operations in Nantucket
MA	National Marine Life Center	Critical Operational Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in New England
MA	Whale & Dolphin Conservation	Operational Support for Marine Animal Rescue and Response Program in Massachusetts
MD	National Aquarium	Enhancement of Stranding and Emergency Response in the Mid-Atlantic
ME	College of the Atlantic	Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-coast/Downeast region of Maine, 2024-2025
ME	Marine Mammals of Maine	Increasing Organizational and Community Capacity for Data Collection and Sharing with a Focus on Ongoing and Post-UME Monitoring in Mid-Coast and Southern Maine
NH	Seacoast Science Center	Critical Support for Closing a Response Gap in Northern Massachusetts, Equitably Modernizing Education and Outreach for Long-Term Success, and Continuing Disease Surveillance and Necropsy
NJ	Marine Mammal Stranding Center	Critical Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Post-Release Monitoring, and Public Outreach in New Jersey
NY	Atlantic Marine Conservation Society	Greater Atlantic Region Stranding Data Collaboration: A Historical Perspective for Future Challenges
NY	Atlantic Marine Conservation Society	Supporting Expert Marine Mammal Responders in the NY Bight
NY	Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	Operational Support for the New York State's Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation Program
VA	Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation	Supporting Stranding Response Operations and Expert Data Collection in Virginia

Pacific Islands ($338,864 requested)

State	Applicant	Project Title
HI	The Marine Mammal Center	Expand Hospital Capacity and Preparedness for the Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program
HI	State of Hawaii, DLNR-DAR	Ensuring Capacity for the State of Hawai‘i to Continue Supporting NOAA in Stranding and Entanglement Response
HI	University of Hawaii	Maintaining Capacity for Cetacean Stranding Response and Cause of Death Investigations in the Pacific Islands while Increasing Diversity and Inclusion

Southeast ($1,390,027 requested)

State	Applicant	Project Title
AL	Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium	Strengthening the Southeast: A Northern Gulf of Mexico Based Workshop to Build Capacity for Stranding Networks
FL	Clearwater Marine Aquarium	Cetacean Rehabilitation Facility Repairs and Upgrades to Meet and Exceed NMFS Standards for Rehabilitation
FL	Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission	Essential Support for High-Level Cetacean Stranding Response Including Large Whale and Mass Stranding Events, Sample Analyses, and Dissemination of Stranding Data
FL	Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute	Building Community Partnerships and Providing Training and Tools to Unravel Increased Dolphin Entanglement and Enhance Stranding Response Along Florida's Most Active Coast
FL	Mote Marine Laboratory	Sustaining Mote Marine Laboratory’s Stranding Investigations Program’s High Level of Response to Stranded Cetaceans and Testing New Methods for Remote Small Cetacean Disentanglement
LA	Audubon Nature Institute	Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Operational Expansion for Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding Program
NC	Department of Natural and Cultural Resources - NCAPKS North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores	Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal and Northern and Central Inland North Carolina
NC	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Southern North Carolina with Emphasis Human Interaction Diagnosis in Support of the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Team, Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Monitoring, and Enhanced Ancillary Analyses
SC	Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network	Stranding Response and Outreach for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network
SC	National Marine Mammal Foundation	Support for Marine Mammal Interventions in the Southeastern US, Including Hands-On Experience for Stranding Network Members
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Enhancing Sustainable Support for Marine Mammal Response Initiatives and Team Members on the Texas Gulf Coast

West Coast ($2,674,559 requested)

State	Applicant	Project Title
CA	California Academy of Sciences	Support for the California Academy of Sciences' Stranding Response and Large Whale Necropsy Preparedness
CA	California Wildlife Center	Connecting Rehabilitation and Research Efforts Through Pinniped Flipper Tag Resight Data
CA	Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit	Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities
CA	Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute	Crucial Staff Positions to Meet Increased Demand for Stranding Response, Animal Care, and Operational Sustainability
CA	Humboldt State University	Building Inclusive Community Partnerships in the West Coast Region Through a Regional Stranding Network Conference
CA	Humboldt State University	Critical Baseline Support for Inclusive Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response at Cal Poly Humboldt - Effort-Based Surveys and Shared Community Stewardship
CA	Marine Life Studies	Whale Entanglement Response and Prevention
CA	Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles	Filling the Gap, Support and Strengthen Stranding and Entanglement Response in Los Angeles County
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Increasing Disentanglement Capacity on the US West Coast with a Focus on Monterey Bay
CA	Northcoast Marine Mammal Center	Essential Support to Continue Marine Mammal Response and Rehabilitation in Northern California
CA	Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance	Continued Support of OARRA's Marine Mammal Mortality Response Program (MMMRP) in Southern CA, LA County
CA	SeaWorld Entertainment	Expanding and Updating Animal Response in Southern California
CA	University of California, Santa Cruz	Foundational Support of Marine Mammal Stranding in Central California
OR	Portland State University	Sustainable Response, Enhanced Data Collection and Analysis, and Educational Outreach for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP)
WA	Cascadia Research Collective	Response to Strandings of Marine Mammals in Primary Areas, and Stranding and Entanglement Response for Large Whales in all Washington State in 2025
WA	Orca Network	Continuing Strategic and Veterinary Support for the Health Needs of Stranded and Entangled Marine Mammals in North and Central Puget Sound in Washington State
WA	Oregon Coast Aquarium	Stranding Response for Marine Mammals on the Oregon Coast
WA	Oregon State University	Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network
WA	SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research	Operational Support for SR3’s Marine Mammal Response and Rehabilitations Program Including Professional Development Support to Stranding Network Partners in the Pacific Northwest
WA	The Whale Museum	Continued Support For Stranding And Entanglement Response In San Juan County Washington, With Emphasis on Improving Education, Outreach and Reporting
WA	Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife	Support for WDFW’s Ongoing Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Investigations of Causes of Mortality in Washington State

Research & Collaborative Diagnostic Proposals ($1,567,441 requested)

State	Applicant	Project Title
CT	University of Connecticut	Dried Blood Spot Cards as a tool to Collect, Archive, and Measure Whole Blood Contaminants and Pathogens in Stranded and Free-Ranging Marine Mammals
FL	Chicago Zoological Society	Small Cetacean Intervention and Post-Release Monitoring Services
FL	Florida Institute of Technology	Diagnostic Phycotoxin Analyses in Support of Marine Mammal Stranding-Based Research
FL	Florida International University	Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cetacean Strandings in Relation to Environmental Changes in the Southeastern US
FL	University of Florida	Investigation of Hormones, Chemistry Analytes, and Metabolomic Profiles as Post-Mortem Diagnostic Tools in the Assessment of Metabolic Disease and Stress in Baleen Whales (Mysticeti)
FL	University of Florida	A Nationwide Compassion Resiliency Program for Marine Mammal Responders
IL	University of Illinois	Centralized Diagnostic Testing, and Histopathology Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events
ME	Shaw Institute	Temporal Trends in PFAS Contamination in Northwest Atlantic Harbor Seals: Has Regulation Improved a Threat to Marine Mammal Health?
MS	Mississippi State University	Mississippi Sound Ecosystem Monitoring: Environmental Conditions, Water Quality, and Contaminant Levels of a Known Dolphin Habitat
NH	University of New Hampshire	Increasing Diagnostic Capacity for Marine Mammals from Coastal New England
NH	University of New Hampshire	Investigative Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics for High Priority Pathogens, Heavy Metal Toxicity, and Antimicrobial Resistance in Marine Mammals from the Northeastern USA
NY	Cornell University	Supporting Marine Mammal Stranding Diagnostic Capacity and Training Opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic Region
TX	Baylor University	Determining the Function of the Cetacean Thoracic Rete Mirabile and its use in Diving-Related Illness Diagnostics