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FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Provides support for response to the stranding of wild populations of marine mammals under the Department of the Interior’s management authority, explicitly targeting the California stranding region for southern sea otters and related pinniped/marine mammal rescue, rehabilitatio…
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John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program The John H.
Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program provides grants or cooperative agreements to eligible stranding network participants or stranding network collaborators to support: (A) the recovery, care, or treatment of sick, injured, or entangled marine mammals; (B) responses to marine mammal stranding events that require emergency assistance; (C) the collection of data and samples from living or dead stranded marine mammals for scientific research or assessments regarding marine mammal health; (D) facility operating costs that are directly related to activities described in (A), (B), or (C); and (E) development of stranding network capacity, including training for emergency response, where facilities do not exist or are sparse.
To date, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has awarded more than $9. 2 million in funding to conservation organizations and state agencies through the program. The Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000 amended the Marine Mammal Protection Act to establish the John H.
Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program. The goal of the program is to improve our nation’s ability to rescue, rehabilitate, and conserve marine mammals. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has distributed Prescott grants since 2001.
In 2020, Congress began allocating funds to the Service to implement the program. Funds provided under the program are distributed among the designated stranding regions. For the Service, this refers to the geographic regions where West Indian manatees, sea otters, Pacific walruses, and polar bears occur.
Eligible applicants are currently active, authorized marine mammal stranding participants or researchers. Eligible applicants must be: a participant or a collaborator in a marine mammal stranding network and in good standing; or state, local, or eligible federal government personnel or tribal personnel (pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act section 109(h) [16 U.S.C. 1379(h)]).
An applicant cannot be a current Department of the Interior or Department of Commerce employee. As required under the Prescott Grant Program (16 U.S.C. 1421f-1), priority is to be given to applications focusing on marine mammal strandings.
Funds provided under the program are distributed among the designated stranding regions. Detailed guidance on how to prepare applications is provided in the Notice of Funding Opportunity available at GrantSolutions. gov and grants.
gov. This document should be read carefully to ensure applications meet eligibility requirements and are complete upon submission. This program requires the submission of applications online through GrantSolutions. gov. For detailed instructions on how to register, see the GrantSolutions Frequently Asked Questions web page .
FY 2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program – Status: OPEN September 29th through November 30th, 2026 11:59 ET Learn more and apply here Related Resources & Information John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program The John H.
Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program provides grants or cooperative agreements to eligible stranding network participants for: (1) recovery and treatment (i.e., rehabilitation) of stranded marine mammals; (2) data collection from living or dead stranded marine mammals... You are exiting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website You are being directed to . The page will open in a new window.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Authorized marine mammal stranding network participants/collaborators and state, local, tribal, eligible federal government personnel. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Applications for FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program are due November 30, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program is funded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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