2001-2002 Prescott Proposals Funded

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001-2002

Finalized as of October 25, 2004.
Federal Register Notice of Solicitation [pdf] [18 KB]

All 69 NMFS-recommended awards are finalized by NOAA's Grants Management Division.

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Alaska

"Cellular and Subcellular structure of the adrenal medulla of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in relation to physiological stress"
NOAA Award NA16FX2997
University of Alaska, Anchorage, $33,591

"Marine Mammal Tissue and Specimen Archives - University of Alaska Museum"
NOAA Award NA16FX2046
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, $100,000

"Alaska Sealife Center Rescue and Rehabilitation Program"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390009
Alaska Sealife Center, $99,993

"Assessment of northern fur seal entanglement in marine debris on the Pribilof Islands"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390034
Aleut Community of St Paul Island, $95,945

"Improved rehabilitation techniques through monitoring of nutrition and growth rates in free-ranging and rehabilitated harbor seal pups"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390036
Alaska Sealife Center - Seward Assoc. for the Advancement of Marine Science, $100,000

Alabama

"Enhancement of data collection"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390026
Spring Hill College, $45,785

California

"Advancement of clinical care of stranded marine mammals at the Marine Mammal Center"
NOAA Award NA17FX2002
Marine Mammal Center, $100,000

"Development of biomonitoring program to detect novel diseases and changes in prevalence of known diseases in pinnipeds stranded along the central California coast"
NOAA Award NA16FX2003
Marine Mammal Center, $100,000

"Gray whale and other large whale stranding investigations: A collaboration of marine mammal stranding participants in central California"
NOAA Award NA17FX2004
San Jose State University Foundation, $95,680

"Movement, dive behavior and survival of post-release California sea lions after rehabilitation for domoic acid toxicity"
NOAA Award NA17FX2029
San Jose State University Foundation, $95,019

"UCSC Long Marine Lab Stranding Network Upgrade of Information Management Systems and Capabilities to Improve or Allow Access to National Database"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390010
Regents of University of California-Long Marine Stranding Network, $2,500

"Improved care and monitoring of beached marine mammals in southern California"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390048
Sea World, San Diego, $100,000

"Diagnostic and Surgery Center at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390047
Marine Animal Rescue Rehabilitation and Release Into The Natural Environment, $70,000

"Marine mammal pathology service for the central California coast"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390050
Long Marine Laboratory - University of California at Santa Cruz, $99,998

"Obtain operating funds to improve rehabilitation facility and provide more advanced and comprehensive diagnostic abilities; obtain equipment to ensure safe transport of marine mammals, and enhance response capabilities; hire facility manager to accomplish objectives."
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390019
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center, $100,000

Connecticut

"Marine Mammal Stranding Program support for Mystic Aquarium"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390008
Mystic Aquarium -Sea Research Foundation, Inc., $100,000

"Prognostic indicators for rehabilitation and survival of stranded harp and hooded seals"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390020
Mystic Aquarium-Sea Research Foundation, $99,924

Delaware

"Renovation of a seal holding facility"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390006
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation - Division of Fish & Wildlife, $27,000

Florida

"Life history and stranding patterns of pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (genus Kogia) as critical tools in interpreting health assessment trends in wild populations"
NOAA Award NA17FX2006
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, $98,240

"Marine Mammal Necropsy Facility Enhancement"
NOAA Award NA16FX2996
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, $69,811

"To upgrade the quality of Gulf World Marine Park's existing stranding facility, improve response time and capabilities. To raise the quality of care for stranded animals that we are called upon to assist."
NOAA Award NA17FX2024
Gulf World Inc., $100,000

"Mortality Patterns of Cetaceans Stranded on the Central West Coast of Florida"
NOAA Award NA16FX2018
Mote Marine Laboratory, $100,000

"Facility, staff and equipment upgrades for the dolphin and whale hospital"
NOAA Award NA17FX2023
Mote Marine Laboratory, $100,000

"Development of standardized protocols for stranding networks in Florida"
NOAA Award NA17FX2019
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, $96,498

"Marine Mammal Microbiology and Diagnostic Support Laboratory"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390045
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine - Pathobiology Department$100,000

"Marine Mammal Rescue and Stranding Program on Florida's Space Coast"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390016
Dynamac Corporation - Aquatics Department, $16,732

"Transportation, Rehabilitation Facilities and Technology for marine mammal stranding events"
NOAA Award NA17FX2022
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, $94,175

"Comprehensive stranding enhancement along the Central East Coast of Florida"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390044
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, $76,339

"Upgrade MARS from a short-term critical care facility to a long-term rehabilitation center"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390033
Marine Animal Rescue Society, $99,579

"Enhancement of live stranding response capabilities and necropsy of code 2 animals in Northeast and east-central Florida: SeaWorld Florida equipment upgrades"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390004
SeaWorld, $98,946

"South Florida cetacean rescue triage and necropsy facility and response enhancement project"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390023
Florida Keys Marine Mammal Rescue Team - Fline Manor, Inc., $57,430

Georgia

"Implement Marine Mammal Stranding Network in Georgia"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390057
Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife Resources Division, $43,000

Hawaii

"Cooperative partnerships in Hawaii which upgrade the capacity of the region's stranding network, detect, and determine the cause of marine mammal morbidity/mortalities"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390037
Hawaiian Islands Stranding Response Group, $99,830

" Incidence of disease and health evaluation of Hawaiian monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390011
Robert C. Braun, DVM, MS, $99,650

Maine

"Enhancing seal rehabilitation care through improved isolation and the implementation of dedicated areas for veterinary treatments and necropsy"NOAA Award NA17FX2047
Marine Animal Lifeline, $87,015

"Development and use of a Geographic Information System for analysis of harp, hooded and harbor seal sightings/stranding locations: Adding a spatial dimension to strandings"
NOAA Award NA17FC2040
Marine Animal Lifeline, $30,400

"Use of stable isotope analysis to determine individual, population and ecosystem health of Gulf of Maine Balaenopterids"
NOAA Award NA16FX2027
College of the Atlantic, $63,850

"Enhancement of the marine mammal stranding response and rescue program for the Maine coastal region, Rockland (ME) east, by creation of a new personnel position, network expansion, equipment upgrades and acquisition, and facility improvements"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390003
College of the Atlantic - ME, $72,750

Maryland

"Enhanced Operations: Hospital pool restoration and satellite tags. Marine animal rescue program of the National Aquarium in Baltimore"
NOAA Award NA17FX2005
National Aquarium in Baltimore, $99,850

"Stranded MarineAnimal Education and Outreach for professionals and the Public Marine Animal Rescue Program of the National Aquarium in Baltimore"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390014
National Aquarium in Baltimore, $98,425

"Marine mammal stranding response in Maryland"
NOAA Award NA17FX2041
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, $47,002

Massachusetts

"Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Rescue and Rehabilitation at the New England Aquarium in Support of the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Marine Mammal Protection Act"
NOAA Award NA17FX2050
New England Aquarium Corp., $98,671

"Enhanced mass stranding response on Cape Cod: Success through preparation, protocols and cooperation"
NOAA Award NA17FX2054
Cape Cod Stranding Network, $100,000

"Health assessment of stranded marine mammals: Interpretation and field applications of blood and tissue analyses"
NOAA Award NA16FX2053
Cape Cod Stranding Network, $100,000

"Necropsy enhancement for stranded marine mammals on Cape Cod"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390046
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Biology Department, $93,897

"An analysis of spatial patterns and genetic characteristics of the Harp and Hooded Seals along the United States East Coast"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390035
New England Aquarium Corporation, $99,996

"A program to respond to stranded marine mammals in northeastern Massachusetts-Evaluation, Rescue, Data Collection and Public Education"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390021
Whale Center of New England, $90,262

Mississippi

"Enhancement and refurbishment of a pre-existing stranding facility and development of first response capability including equipment and training for marine mammal live response"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390052
Marine Life Oceanarium - Institute For Marine Mammal Studies, $100,000

New Jersey

"Operational expenses to support and enhance marine mammal and sea turtle rehabilitation"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390039
Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Northeast Stranding Network, $100,000

"To provide safe water and land transport of marine mammals"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390042
Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Northeast Stranding Network, $71,250

New York

"Request for operational support to upgrade facilities for the New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Program"
NOAA Award NA17FX2052
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, $81,190

"Characterization of ice seal movements and evaluation of existing treatment protocols employed in the rehabilitation and field assessment through the uses of satellite telemetry and video documentation of stranded pinnipeds"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390049
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, $59,181

North Carolina

"Enhanced tissue collection and health monitoring of stranded marine mammals in North Carolina"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390043
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, $100,000

"Enhanced Evaluation of Human Interaction with Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina and Virginia"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390007
University of North Carolina, Wilmington - Biological Sciences, $74,240

Oklahoma

"Acomprehensive two-year study of the viral, bacterial, mycologic and toxicologic conditions associated with marine mammal strandings in the Gulf coast of the United States"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390051
Oklahoma State University, $100,000

Oregon

"Improving response to and assessments of dead marine mammal strandings in Virginia"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390038
Virginia Marine Science Museum, $99,000

Washington

"Strandings of large whales in Washington state and examination of contaminant accumulation"
NOAA Award NA04NMF4390116
Cascadia Research Collective, $99,461

"Enhancement and Support of Marine Mammal Treatment Facility"
NOAA Award NA17FX2028
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, $75,053

"Upgrade of Life Support System for Marine Mammal Holding Pools"
NOAA Award NA17FX2036
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, $99,400

"Stranding response and post-mortem evaluation of stranded marine mammals in San Juan County WA"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390027
Whale Museum, $89,123

"Trends, spatial distribution, health effects of contaminants in Washington harbor seals from stranded animals"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390055
Cascadia Research Collective, $98,968

"Strandings of large whales in Washington state and examination of contaminant accumulation"
NOAA Award NA04NMF4390116
Cascadia Research Collective, $71,535

2002 Prescott Emergency Awarded Proposals as of April 28, 2003

"A-73 Rehabilitation and Post Release Monitoring"
NOAA Award NA03NMF4390005
Whale Museum, $28,685

"A-73 Rehabilitation and Post Release Monitoring"
NOAA Award NA17FX2037
Whale Museum, $64,809