Prescott Grant Emergency Award Submission

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What is considered an "emergency" award?
A portion of funds is available to make emergency assistance available for catastrophic stranding events throughout the year on an as-needed basis. Responders to such stranding events should immediately contact their Regional Office.

How do I apply for emergency funds?
If you need emergency assistance funding, please follow the requirements for submitting proposals under the emergency assistance component of the 2012 Prescott Grant Program described in Full Funding Opportunity [pdf].

Who has received emergency funds? (sorted by year)

State	Applicant	Title	Funding
2002
WA	Whale Museum	A-73 Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring	$28,685
WA	Whale Museum	A-73 Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring	$64,809
2003
MA	Cape Cod Stranding Network	Emergency Reimbursement for Pilot Whale (G. melas) Mass Stranding on Cape Cod, July 2002	$31,203
2004
FL	Marine Mammal Conservancy	Emergency Assistance Component of the 2003/ 2004 Prescott Grant for the Mass Stranding and Rehabilitation of 5 Pilot Whales in Big Pine Key, FL	$68,233
2005
FL	Marine Mammal Conservancy	Rehabilitation of 26 Steno bredanensis from the Mass Stranding Event in Marathon, FL, March 2005	$60,000
FL	Mote Marine Laboratory	Emergency Care, Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring Following Mass Stranding of Rough-Toothed Dolphins at the Dolphin and Whale Hospital	$100,000
NY	Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation	NY3175-2005/ St581Gg Rehabilitation and Release Emergency Funding Request	$29,639
2006
CA	University of California, Santa Cruz	Emergency Request for Enhancement of Stranding Response at University of California, Santa Cruz, Long Marine Laboratory to Enable Live Cetacean Rehabilitation	$76,106
HI	Hawaii Pacific University	Increasing Cetacean Necropsy Capabilities in the Main Hawaiian Islands	$100,000
ME	Maine Department of Marine Resources	Emergency Funds for the Development and Implementation of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$100,000
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Emergency Response to the Effects of Hurricane Rita on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana	$99,807
2007
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Rescue of an Injured Cow-Calf Pair of Humpback Whales from the Sacramento River Delta	$44,234
CT	Sea Research Foundation, Inc.	Emergency Support for Expanded Pinniped Rehabilitation at Mystic Aquarium	$92,826
ME	Maine Department of Marine Resources	Continued Development of the Maine Department of Marine Resources Marine Mammal Stranding Program	$100,000
ME	University of New England	Maximizing Rehabilitation Resources at the University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center	$100,000
VA	Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation	Support for Diagnostic Necropsies of Stranded Right Whales in the Western North Atlantic	$100,000
2009
CA	The Marine Mammal Center	Emergency Response to Extraordinary California Sea Lion Stranding Event Along the California Coast	$45,000
TX	Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network	Support for Essential Marine Mammal Recovery and Rehabilitation Equipment Lost in Hurricane Ike and Emergency Support for Out of Habitat Capture Following Hurricane Ike	$38,633
VA	Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation	Building a New Stranding Network in Northern North Carolina	$74,477
2012
AK	North Slope Borough	Emergency Funds to Support Coastal Surveys and Stranded Marine Mammal Incidents on the North Slope of Alaska	$84,942
AK	University of Alaska, Anchorage	Arctic Seal Disease Investigation	$92,355
LA	Audubon Nature Institute, Inc.	Enhancing Necropsy Capacity for Gulf of Mexico Unusual Mortality Event Response	$19,500

Updated: May 10, 2012