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John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service / National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). This program provides grants or cooperative agreements to eligible marine mammal stranding network participants to support the recovery, care, or treatment of sick, injured, or entangled marine mammals; responses to stranding events; data collection for scientific research; faci…
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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 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 2025 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program – Status: CLOSED as of March 14, 2025 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...
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants are currently active, authorized marine mammal stranding participants or researchers. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program is funded by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service / National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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