Note: This is a list of all proposals received by the August 15, 2005, 11:59 PM EST deadline. Proposals have not yet been reviewed for meeting eligibility criteria or any other requirements as definined in the Full Funding Opportunity [pdf] [187 KB]. Presence of an application on this list should not be interpreted as assurance that the application has passed the initial screening.
| State |
Applicant |
Project Title |
Federal Funding Requested |
| AK |
Alaska Whale Foundation |
Ships and whales in Southeast Alaska - Improving capabilities to respond to entangled whales and creating forensic standards for assessment of ship-caused UME |
99,378 |
| AK |
Aleut Community of St. Paul Island |
Assessment of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) entanglement in marine debris on the Pribilof Islands |
99,083 |
| AK |
The Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission |
Alaska Native Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
80,000 |
| AK |
The Alaska Zoo |
Short Term Stabilization of Stranded Pinnipeds |
21,693 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Anchorage |
The conduction system of the dolphin heart |
45,430 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Morbidity and mortality of marine mammals on the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula |
100,000 |
| AK |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Improvements to marine mammal data and specimen archives at UAM |
100,000 |
| AL |
Marterra Foundation, Inc. |
Enhancement of data collection with regard to collecting and storing evidence by low temperatures and by visual and acoustic methods. |
63,558 |
| CA |
City of Malibu |
Advancement of marine mammal stranding response for the city of Malibu coastline |
87,698 |
| CA |
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
Equipment Replacements/Upgrades at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
100,000 |
| CA |
Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
Staffing resources upgrade at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur |
83,200 |
| CA |
Northcoast Marine Mammal Center |
Enhance response, rescue and rehabilitation on Northern California's remote coastline |
100,000 |
| CA |
Pacific Marine Mammal Center |
Enclosure renovation and pool construction project |
58,539 |
| CA |
Regents of the University of California |
Enhancement of Stranding Response at University of California Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab |
64,606 |
| CA |
Regents of the University of California |
Marine Mammmal Pathology Service for the Central California Coast, Part 4 |
99,946 |
| CA |
San Jose State University Foundation |
A New Course and Teaching Materials for "Assessing Marine Mammal Health" |
95,105 |
| CA |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History |
Support for and enhancement of data collection from Dead-Stranded cetaceans |
63,756 |
| CA |
Sea World San Diego |
Assessing health trends in cetacean populations in Southern California |
88,500 |
| CA |
Sea World San Diego |
Personnel for improving stranded animal response in Southern California |
100,000 |
| CA |
The Marine Mammal Center |
Development of diagnostic assays to detect lungworm (Otostrongylus circumlitus) infection in stranded northern elephant and Pacific harbor seals |
99,550 |
| CNMI |
Northern Marianas College |
Establishing a Stranding Network in the Western Pacific Region |
100,000 |
| CT |
Mystic Aquarium |
Bacterial Microfloral Composition and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Stranded and Rehabilitated Northeast Phocids |
99,999 |
| CT |
Mystic Aquarium |
Harbor Seal Hand-rearing Formulas and Their Effect on Growth, Hormone Concentrations, and Immune Competence |
100,000 |
| CT |
Sea Research Foundation, Inc. (Mystic Aquarium) |
Support and Enhancement for the Marine Mammal Stranding Program at Mystic Aquarium |
99,310 |
| CT |
University of Connecticut |
Evaluation of immune functions as potential diagnostic and prognostic tools in stranded marine mammal, a regional approach. |
100,000 |
| CT |
University of Connecticut |
Evaluation of acoustic stress in pinipeds cetaceans as a means of enhancing assessment of acoustic injuries |
99,739 |
| DE |
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control |
Support staffing and operational needs for improved stranding response |
100,000 |
| DE |
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control |
Maximize necropsy efforts to thoroughly assess the effects of human interaction, disease, and harmful algal blooms on marine mammals stranding in Delaware |
82,300 |
| FL |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
Stranding and Necropsy Training For Increasing Quality of Level A, B, and C Data Collection by the Florida Cetacean Stranding Network |
99,913 |
| FL |
Gulfworld |
Marine Mammal Data Program/Prescott Grant |
90,000 |
| FL |
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. |
Support of anatomic and histopathologic pathology |
99,673 |
| FL |
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. |
Stranding Center Enhancement, Phase II |
99,584 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Enhancing live animal stranding response, assessing cetacean health trends, and evaluating neonatal mortality trends of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along the east coast of Florida |
99,479 |
| FL |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Validation of historic marine mammal stranding data from the southeastern United States |
64,474 |
| FL |
Marine Animal Rescue Society (MARS) |
Enhance MARS' stranding support, facility capacity, and outreach within the network through continual improvements of proven methods |
99,999 |
| FL |
Marine Animal Rescue Society (MARS) |
Improve MARS' mass stranding response capability (immediate triage and necropsy support) and post-rehabilitation monitoring preparedness for the SEUS stranding region |
64,296 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Equipment Upgrade and Support for Operation of the Dolphin and Whale Hospital |
100,000 |
| FL |
Mote Marine Laboratory |
Investigating brevetoxin-induced mortality in bottlenose dolphins stranded in central west Florida |
100,000 |
| FL |
Nova Southeastern University |
An Analysis of Kogia Stranding Data Collected by the Southeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
29,177 |
| FL |
University of Florida |
Clinical Pathology and Histopathologic Processing and Analysis of Cetaceans in Northern and Central Florida |
99,955 |
| GA |
GA Dept. of Natural Resources |
Enhance Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
70,848 |
| HI |
Hawaiian Islands Stranding Response Group |
Collect consistent Level A data throughout the jurisdiction, including remote areas, and collect Level B and C data from strandings of dead marine mammals. Support basic needs for response, treatment and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals. |
100,000 |
| IN |
Purdue University |
Marine Mammal Microbiology Laboratory |
99,998 |
| LA |
Audubon Nature Institute |
Improving response and care for live stranded marine mammals in Louisiana |
80,104 |
| MA |
Cape Cod Stranding Network |
The Next Step: Operational Support to Enhance Stranding Response Capabilities and Promote Data Analysis and Publication |
100,000 |
| MA |
New England Aquarium Corporation |
Advancement of Clinical Care, Data Collection, and Pathology Training for Marine Mammal Stranding Response |
99,954 |
| MA |
New England Aquarium Corporation |
Surveillance for the Presence of Emerging, Existing, and Zoonotic Pathogens and Pollutant Exposure in Stranded Marine Mammals |
49,031 |
| MA |
The Whale Center of New England |
Marine mammal stranding response on Massachusetts' North Shore: Timely assistance for living animals and comprehensive regional data collection |
85,026 |
| MA |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
2006 Necropsy of Fresh and Human-Impacted Marine Mammal Strandings in SE Massachusetts and Cape Cod |
98,714 |
| MD |
National Aquarium in Baltimore |
2006 National Aquarium in Baltimore, Marine Animal Rescue Program Operations |
46,800 |
| ME |
College of the Atlantic |
Maintenance and Enhancement of the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-coast/Downeast Region of Maine, 2006–2007 |
82,890 |
| ME |
Maine Department of Natural Resources |
Maine Strandings Collaborative Program |
100,000 |
| ME |
Marine Animal Lifeline |
Veterinary care staffing and rehabilitation supply expense support for the marine mammal rehabilitation program |
100,000 |
| ME |
University of New England |
The Enhancement of Cetacean Response, Treatment and Data Collection in Southern Maine |
93,596 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Composting as a Disposal Option |
60,025 |
| ME |
University of New England |
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina concolor) pup Ideal Minimal Database (IMDB): individual and species health: rehabilitation success and a novel approach to harp seal (Phoca groenlandicus) hypernatremia |
87,303 |
| ME |
University of Southern Maine |
Establishing a National Resource of Marine Mammal Cell Lines for Toxicological, Infectious Disease, and Other Biomedical Research |
100,000 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina Wilmington |
Enhanced tissue collection and health monitoring of stranded marine mammals in North Carolina and Virginia |
99,986 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina Wilmington |
Enhancing response to and necropsy of large whales in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina |
92,830 |
| NJ |
Marine Mammal Stranding Center |
To enhance and support Marine Mammal Stranding Center staffing requirements |
100,000 |
| NY |
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation |
Facility Upgrade to Enhance Operational Support and Response to Marine Mammal Strandings |
100,000 |
| OR |
Oregon State University |
Enhancing the capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
99,931 |
| OR |
Portland State University |
Investigation of introgression of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) into Steller sea lion breeding areas in Oregon |
69,248 |
| OR |
Portland State University |
Expanding the statewide sampling, necropsy and analytical capacity of the Oregon stranding network |
99,833 |
| TX |
Texas A & M University at Galveston |
Age and growth structure of stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off the coast of Texas |
51,346 |
| TX |
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
Investigation of environmental factors in marine mammal strandings, utilizing data from living and dead marine mammals |
100,000 |
| TX |
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network |
Response, treatment and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals |
99,998 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation |
Continuing Investigation of Dead Marine Mammal Strandings in Virginia |
100,000 |
| VA |
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation |
Large Whale Stranding Response Workshop |
50,683 |
| WA |
Orca Network |
Stranding response and post-mortem examination of stranded marine mammals in Central Puget Sound, Washington |
99,772 |
| WA |
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Response to stranded marine mammals and investigating causes of mortality in Washington waters |
99,532 |
| WA |
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center |
Care of Live Stranded Harbor Seals in the Northwest Region: Treatment, Data Management, Research, and Training |
85,638 |
| WA |
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center |
Renovation of physical plant to increase quality of care of live stranded animals, reduce potential transmission of pathogens from terrestrial animals and provide greater human safety |
99,933 |
