Project Grant NA21NMF0080427

The Marine Mammal Center received a $138,819 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2026. This feasibility study will assess the potential for creating a private association to unify and strengthen the U.S. Marine Mammal Stranding Response Network (MMSRN), which comprises approximately 130 organizations coordinating marine mammal...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $174,673 Project Grant to Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute through the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to support proficient stranding response in an active region of Florida's east coast from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022. The grant funding will enable Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute to provide evaluation of marine mammal mortality trends and advanced assessment of human interaction in the...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $117,505 Project Grant under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024 with a completion date of September 30, 2025, will support FWRI's high-level cetacean stranding response, sample analyses, and network coordination for stranded cetaceans in southwest Florida. The funding will...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Program (CFDA 15.683) to the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, Inc., a non-profit organization in Florida. The grant will support the museum's efforts to expand its manatee rehabilitation capacity and provide mentorship training to partner institutions. Specifically, the funding will enable the museum to renovate a nearby facility to house...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides $305,000 to Marine Mammals of Maine to support stranding response services and capacity building activities under the Marine Mammal Data Program from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. The funding will allow the organization to improve pinniped rehabilitation capacity through new supplies and minor facility modifications, as well as support ongoing operational costs associated with responding to and...

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 October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The organization will use these funds to expand its marine mammal stranding response and investigation capacity, with particular emphasis on large whale response operations and necropsy services. Additionally, the award...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $167,268.00 in funding to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) for the period of Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025. The key objectives of this award are to: (1) provide timely response to marine mammal strandings in southern North Carolina, (2) assist with marine mammal stranding response in central and northern North Carolina, and...

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....