The National Marine Mammal Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $207,884 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to support the continued development of an immunological toolkit and profile for bottlenose dolphins. The grant is funded through the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which aims to support research with potential to improve naval operations and train future scientists, through May 31, 2026. Under this award,...
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $279,400 Project Grant to Stem Innovations LTD, a woman-owned small business in Ohio, under the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program (CFDA 12.330). The 3-year grant, with a performance period from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2027, will support an external evaluation of ONR's naval STEM education initiatives. The federal grant program aims to develop STEM knowledge, attract students...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program provides $643,665 to the National Marine Mammal Foundation, Inc. to conduct collaborative research on oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The 4-year project, beginning December 1, 2023, will evaluate and model in vivo oxygen delivery during dive simulations with California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins. It will also elucidate the biochemical mechanisms regulating red blood cell oxygen...
The U.S. Office of Naval Research awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography under the CFDA 12.330 Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program. This federal grant supports STEM education and workforce development initiatives that align with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps' technological needs. The award includes a $374,938 sub-grant to the California State University San...
This $418,546 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program supports collaborative research to investigate oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The research team from San Diego State University will evaluate and model in vivo oxygen delivery in California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins, elucidate the biochemical regulation of oxygen off-loading in these species, and examine oxygen storage and diffusion in their skeletal muscle. This...
The Marine Mammal Center was awarded a $257,290 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program federal grant program (CFDA 11.439). The grant will support enhancing pinniped stranding response in Central and Northern California from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Nondiscretionary funding under the Marine Mammal Data Program provides support for the collection and analysis of information on marine...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to The Westmoreland Group LLC under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) federal grant program. The purpose of this 3-year grant is to provide naval STEM education and outreach initiatives support, which involves training and motivating future scientists and engineers to improve naval operations. The Westmoreland Group LLC, a small, women-owned business, will be responsible for...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $100,000.00 was issued by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program (CFDA 12.330). The grant was awarded to San Francisco State University (SFSU) on August 1, 2024 to support the "STEM COLLABORATIVE OCEAN RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (CORE): STUDENT RESEARCH NETWORK TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN NAVY CAREERS" project, with a final completion date...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $324,986 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Florida International University (FIU) on September 1, 2024. The goal of this 2-year project is to assess how environmental factors, including food availability, predation risk, and boating activity, affect the behavior and habitat use of coastal dolphins in an urbanized marine ecosystem. The project will use innovative methods such as environmental DNA sampling, underwater...
The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $101,225 Project Grant to the Marine Education Research & Rehabilitation Institute Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439). The grant supports essential staffing for the organization's stranding response program in Delaware, including funding for a Stranding Coordinator and Stranding Technician. This enables the program to maintain its stranding response...