Project Grant N000141812778

This Project Grant award of $389,681.00, provided by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports a research project titled "FROM STRESS TO HEALTH: EVALUATING LINKAGES FROM COMPREHENSIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS PANELS TO CETACEAN HEALTH". The primary awardee is George Mason University, which will collaborate with Oregon State University on the project. The key activities under this award include conducting fieldwork and...

This $713,392 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research to characterize reproductive strategies in sea turtles. The primary awardee, the University of Florida, will use stable isotope analysis to identify the source of nutrients used by three sea turtle species to produce eggs, determining whether they rely on stored energy reserves (capital breeding) or current food intake (income breeding). The...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), aims to advance the state of telemetry tag technology for monitoring North Atlantic right whales (NARW). The $679,552 project, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will focus on developing a new bioinspired adhesive mounting tag platform to enable longer-duration attachment of telemetry sensors on cetaceans. Key...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), is aimed at building a near real-time modeling system to predict the density of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW) population along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. The $1,381,943 award to Duke University will support the development and testing of this system, which will link visual and acoustic observations of right whales with...

This $768,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) supports North Atlantic right whale (NARW) recovery efforts in the Southeast U.S. (SEUS) over four years from September 2024 to August 2028. The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include: cooperating with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and partners to implement the NARW recovery plan, identifying and...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $101,500.00 to Atlantic Marine Conservation Society LTD, a non-profit organization, for the period of Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2024. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Continued implementation and updating of the Long Island Sound Large Whale Response Plan to enhance response capabilities, in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant in the amount of $376,582 awarded to Florida International University (FIU) will support a collaborative international research effort titled "WHALEADAPT: Adaptation of Vulnerable Subsistence-Based North Atlantic Communities to Marine Mammal Redistribution under Climate Change." The project aims to investigate the past, present, and future distribution and abundance of North Atlantic toothed...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) provides $283,407 to the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve to conduct field-based studies on the nutritional condition and feeding behaviors of American lobsters. The research aims to better understand how factors such as diet, predation, and competition impact the energy available for lobster growth and reproduction, which is critical for...

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS) was awarded a $270,114 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to provide continued implementation and updating of the Long Island Sound Large Whale Response Plan. Specifically, AMSEAS will work with staff, volunteers, and network partners to enhance response capabilities for stranded marine mammals in New York waters, including large whales, seals, dolphins, and porpoises....

The federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), is focused on quantifying beaked whale echolocation click parameters to inform passive acoustic monitoring and facilitate sonar mitigation. The $135,310 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, was granted to Aarhus Universitet, a Danish educational institution and state-controlled university, to conduct this...