Project Grant NA14NMF4690361

The Seacoast Science Center, Inc. in Rye, New Hampshire was awarded a $123,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to improve marine mammal stranding response and community education from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Key deliverables include workshops for community members, developing outreach strategies, printing educational materials, establishing a paid internship, collaborating with pathologists on disease...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will receive $361,158 under a two-year Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support right whale protection and recovery efforts through August 2023. As part of the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), the Commission will partner with NOAA Fisheries, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and other members of the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Network to investigate reports of dead, ill, injured...

The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, Washington will receive $239,072 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to enhance marine mammal data collection and analysis, conduct research, and expand public outreach from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. Key deliverables include hiring one seasonal staff to help volunteers improve the quality, consistency and quantity of marine mammal stranding data. The museum will also...

This Project Grant award of $924,137 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research by the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to develop new modeling approaches to understand and predict the impacts of climate change on the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. The key products/services to be delivered include: Developing an individual movement model to identify prey density thresholds that drive right whale foraging decisions...

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...

The Whale Museum, a non-profit organization in Friday Harbor, WA, received a $115,380 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439). This 1-year grant supports the museum's efforts to document infectious diseases, parasites, and mortality in marine mammals, as well as enhance the use of unmanned aerial systems to detect and aid in disentanglement of entangled pinnipeds. The funding also enables the museum to...

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...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $130,564.06 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) to conduct summer and fall right whale surveys in Massachusetts waters from July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. As the state agency recipient, the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game's Division of Marine Fisheries will deliver the key products and services for this award, which include biological surveys...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $440,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the University of Maine System. The award, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2027, aims to fill data gaps and develop a roadmap for a more dynamic approach to North Atlantic right whale acoustic research in the Gulf of Maine. Key objectives include: Identifying, developing, and lab testing monitoring...

Federal Grant Award Summary Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Inc. received a $104,800 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award supports the organization's marine mammal stranding response and conservation operations based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Under this award, the organization will deliver the following products and...