Project Grant N000142412501

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides $286,592 to Oregon State University to support activities under the Marine Mammal Data Program. The funding will facilitate response to, treatment of, and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals found along the Oregon coast through November 2023. Specifically, the university will continue investigations of dead animals including diagnostics and tissue...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $299,987 to the University of Washington to develop "Bobberone", a low-cost, portable float that will use acoustic sensing to detect regionally important zooplankton, fish, and marine mammals in near real-time. The float will integrate active and passive acoustic sensing with edge processing and cloud connectivity to support cross-trophic biological observation in...

The Marine Mammals of Maine received a $244,804 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to enhance data collection protocols for marine mammal stranding response and triage/rehab operations in Midcoast and Southern Maine. The grant period runs from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022. Under this award, Marine Mammals of Maine will improve data collection efforts to support the state agency's management of fishery...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $133,417 Project Grant under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to study acoustic and environmental cues associated with mass stranding events (MSEs) of marine mammals. The primary goal is to develop a predictive model for MSEs using acoustic and environmental variables that could aid in an early warning system to improve stranding outcomes. The project also...

This Project Grant award of $339,584 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support the Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute in enhancing data collection, analysis, and reporting related to stranded marine mammals in California and the mid-Atlantic region from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023. Specifically, the awardee will work to improve the quality, quantity, and sharing of data from stranded marine mammals under the NOAA Marine Mammal Data...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CFDA 11.439 Marine Mammal Data Program) provides $158,972.00 to the Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute (HSWRI), a non-profit scientific research organization, to enhance the quality, quantity, and sharing of data collected from stranded marine mammals. Key objectives include providing post-Unusual Mortality Event (UME) surveillance in areas with repeated UMEs, enhancing data collection and...

The College of Atlantic was awarded a $267,958 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to maintain marine mammal stranding response in Downeast Maine through August 2023. Key services delivered through this funding include continued employment of response personnel to enable an effective and humane science-based program for resource development, training, data collection and educational outreach regarding stranded marine mammals...

The Marine Mammal Center was awarded a $138,819 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to conduct a feasibility study for developing a private association to support the U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network (MMSRN). The study will assess interest in forming an association, host workshops and listening sessions with MMSRN members, develop a white paper outlining the needs and feasibility, and publish a...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $200,549 Project Grant under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to the Sea Research Foundation, Inc. (dba Mystic Aquarium) with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The grant will support the following key objectives: Ensure 7-day per week coverage for marine mammal hotline response, rehabilitation care, and improved data collection in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Fishers Island, New York....