2021-2023 Funded Prescott Grant Proposals
Prescott Grants support a core mission of NOAA Fisheries – the conservation and recovery of protected marine species – by helping to improve our national marine mammal stranding response capabilities.
The tables below, organized by the State where the recipient is located, list the applicant's name, project title, and funding amount awarded.
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2023, 50 awards for $4,071,231
| State | Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science | Supporting Wildlife Response Operations and Training Remote Responders in Alaska | $99,997 |
| AK | University of Alaska Anchorage | Continued Strengthening of Alaska's Marine Mammal Stranding Program through a Statewide Stranding Coordinator for level A - C Response with Improved Data and Sample Management | $100,000 |
| CA | California Academy of Sciences | Support for the California Academy of Sciences' stranding response while enhancing statewide large whale necropsy response through cross training and standardization | $99,629 |
| CA | California Wildlife Center | Enhancing Functionality and Expanding Involvement in the Pinniped Tag Resight Database | $22,604 |
| CA | Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit | Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities | $55,491 |
| CA | Friends of the Sea Lions, Inc. dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Ocean Health Fellowship, Necropsy Staff and Equipment for Necropsy and Sample Storage in Orange County, California | $20,000 |
| CA | Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation | Critical Baseline Support for Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Northern California in a Diverse and Inclusive Community at Cal Poly Humboldt - a Hispanic Serving Institution | $99,951 |
| CA | The Marine Mammal Center | Evaluating the impact of rehabilitation on antimicrobial resistance in northern elephant seals | $100,000 |
| CA | Northcoast Marine Mammal Center | Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation | $93,080 |
| CA | Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance | Support for a Dedicated Marine Mammal Mortality Response Program in Southern California, Los Angeles County | $84,159 |
| CA | The Regents of the University of California, Davis | Validation study of Sarcocystis neurona diagnostics with evaluation of other pathogenic protozoa in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) | $100,000 |
| CA | The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles | Mapping the host community of Leptospira in the eastern Pacific using novel genomic approaches | $99,960 |
| CA | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz | Basic Stranding Response: Involving Undergraduate Responders to Train the Next Generation of Marine Mammal Stranding Responders | $95,594 |
| CT | Mystic Aquarium | Operational Support for the Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Program with Focus on Mitigating Human Interaction with Marine Mammals and Ensuring Preparedness for Large Scale Stranding Events | $61,779 |
| DE | Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. | Maintain essential personnel and resources for optimum stranding response and seal triage in Delaware | $75,490 |
| FL | Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Improving Efficiency, Safety, and Capabilities of Cetacean Carcass Recovery, Necropsy, and Sample Storage | $14,045 |
| FL | Florida Institute of Technology, Inc. | Diagnostic Phycotoxin Analyses in support of Marine Mammal Stranding-Based Research | $62,913 |
| FL | Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute | Providing high-level response, training and sustained preparedness for Florida's most active coastline for cetacean strandings | $100,000 |
| FL | Mote Marine Laboratory | Sustaining Mote's Stranding Investigations Program high-level response to live and dead stranded cetaceans and expanding the forensic toolbox for network partners | $57,892 |
| GA | Georgia Department of Natural Resources | Implement the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $90,000 |
| HI | The Marine Mammal Center | Critical Support for Impactful Interventions in Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Efforts | $100,000 |
| HI | University of Hawai'i | Causes of mortality in Pacific Island cetaceans and the continuation of a diverse and inclusive internship program | $99,995 |
| HI | University of Hawai'i | Circovirus: Investigating the impact of an emerging disease detected in 11 host cetacean species | $98,510 |
| IL | University Of Illinois | Centralized Diagnostic Testing and Histopathology Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events | $92,026 |
| LA | Audubon Nature Institute | Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Response and Expanding Coverage for Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding Program | $99,962 |
| ME | College of the Atlantic | Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-coast/Downeast region of Maine, 2023-2024 | $40,857 |
| ME | Marine Mammals of Maine | Addressing emerging health threats and managing public expectations through pinniped stranding response, data collection, triage/rehab, and outreach in Midcoast and Southern Maine | $100,000 |
| MD | Maryland Department of Natural Resources | The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Stranding Response Program: Continued Support for Response, Diagnostic Analysis, and Regional Collaboration through the Addition of a Seasonal Staff Position | $77,422 |
| MA | International Fund for Animal Welfare, Inc. | Building Stranding Network Capacity through Training at a Cetacean Intensive Care Unit | $90,045 |
| MA | National Marine Life Center, Inc. | Programmatic Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in New England: Restore pinniped rehabilitation capacity and improve data storage and data sharing | $100,000 |
| MA | National Marine Life Center, Inc. | Continuing the Marine Mammal Morphological Parasite Laboratory IV | $50,014 |
| MA | Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) | Marine Mammal Stranding Team Support for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) | $21,064 |
| MA | Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (North America) Inc. | Operational Support for Marine Animal Rescue and Response (MARR) Program in Massachusetts | $64,590 |
| NY | Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd. | Increasing Capacity for Large Whale Response in the Greater Atlantic Region: Preparing for the New Normal | $54,339 |
| NY | Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd. | Marine Mammal Stranding Response in the New York Bight: Support for Expert Responders and Training Opportunities | $75,505 |
| NY | Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation | Operational Support for New York State's Marine Mammal Response and Rehabilitation Program | $66,899 |
| NJ | Marine Mammal Stranding Center | Critical Operational Support and Facility Enhancements for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Public Outreach in New Jersey | $89,010 |
| NC | North Carolina Department of Environment of Environmental Quality | Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal North Carolina and Inland Sounds with Ongoing and Post-Unusual Mortality Event Surveillance | $99,657 |
| NC | North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources | Gap Coverage and Building Sustainable Stranding Response on the Outer Banks of North Carolina | $98,193 |
| OR | Oregon State University | Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $99,864 |
| OR | Portland State University | Support for Stranding Response and Documentation of Human/Fisheries Interaction and Disease for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP) | $100,000 |
| SC | Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network | Stranding Response and Outreach for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $99,945 |
| TX | Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | Essential Support for the Response and Investigation of Marine Mammal Strandings in Texas | $100,000 |
| VA | Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. | Virginia Marine Mammal Stranding Response: Maintaining Expert Stranding Response and Continuing The Brucella Biomonitoring Program | $74,450 |
| WA | Cascadia Research Collective | Cascadia stranding response for all marine mammals in primary Washington areas and large whales statewide in 2024, with emphasis on assessment of human interaction and disease | $99,952 |
| WA | Cascadia Research Collective | Collaborative proposal for improved whale entanglement response, training, and capabilities in the Pacific Northwest | $99,914 |
| WA | SR3, Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Critical Operational Support and Internship Funding for Marine Mammal Response, Rehabilitation, and Outreach in the Pacific Northwest | $59,910 |
| WA | SR3, Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Implementing Next Generation Telemetry for Large Whale Entanglement Response | $99,989 |
| WA | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife | Support for WDFW's ongoing marine mammal stranding response and investigations of causes of mortality in Washington State | $100,000 |
| WA | The Whale Museum | Ongoing Stranding Response, Disease Surveillance and Enhanced Disentanglement Detection in San Juan County, WA | $86,535 |
2022, 49 awards for $3,799,648
| State | Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium | Investigating Success of Stranded Marine Mammal Surveillance by the Public, Trained Response Staff, and Unoccupied Aerial Surveys | $32,467 |
| AK | Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science | Funding for Wildlife Response Operations and Training Remote Responders in Alaska | $99,974 |
| AK | University of Alaska Anchorage | Continued Strengthening of Alaska's Marine Mammal Stranding Program through a Statewide Stranding Coordinator for level A - C Response with Improved Data and Sample Management | $100,000 |
| AK | Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak | Training Stranding Network Members to Live Capture and Disentangle Steller Sea Lions Around the Northern Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska | $54,987 |
| CA | California Academy of Sciences | Increasing Undergraduate Opportunities in Marine Mammal Stranding Response at the California Academy of Sciences | $26,927 |
| CA | Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute | Critical Support for Vital Staff Positions Needed to Maintain and Enhance Response, Data Collection, Reporting, Outreach, Education, and Training | $75,000 |
| CA | Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit | Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities | $49,987 |
| CA | Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation | Continued Critical Support for a Diverse and Inclusive Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response Community in Northern California | $96,942 |
| CA | The Marine Mammal Center | Establishing Renal Function Parameters and Pathology in California Sea Lions | $100,000 |
| CA | National Marine Mammal Foundation, Inc. | Epigenetic Aging in Pinnipeds; Exploring Northern Elephant Seals as a Model for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals | $50,000 |
| CA | Northcoast Marine Mammal Center | Staffing, Training, and Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation | $97,877 |
| CA | Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance | Filling the Gap, Support for a Dedicated Marine Mammal Mortality Response Program in Southern California, Los Angeles County | $85,000 |
| CA | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz | Supporting Marine Mammal Stranding Response on the Central California Coast | $92,696 |
| CT | Mystic Aquarium | Enhance Response and Data Collection in CT, RI, and Fisher's Island, NY and to Increase Network Collaboration and Data Sharing | $92,288 |
| DE | Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. | Provide Essential Personnel to Adequately Respond to Current and Emerging Trends in Marine Mammal Strandings, Including an Expanding Seal Population and the Advent of Seal Pupping in Delaware | $93,100 |
| FL | Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission | Critical Support for the Southwest Florida Stranding Coordinator and Enhanced Response to Large Whale and Mass Strandings throughout Florida | $48,525 |
| FL | Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute | Critical Support for High-Level Cetacean Stranding Response and Enhanced Training and Preparedness Along the Most Active Region of Florida's East Coast | $99,980 |
| FL | Marine Animal Rescue Society, Inc. | Marine Mammal Field Response & Necropsy Support | $29,479 |
| FL | Mote Marine Laboratory | Rapid Detection and Response to Cetacean Strandings and Small Cetacean Disentanglements in Central Western Florida and Capacity Building for Large Whale Recovery, Necropsy and Disposal for Greater FL | $41,112 |
| FL | University of Florida | A Multidisciplinary Approach to Marine Mammal Death Investigations Using Forensic Science | $91,079 |
| HI | Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources | Ensuring Capacity for the State of Hawai'i and NOAA's Continued Stranding and Entanglement Response Partnership | $27,912 |
| HI | The Marine Mammal Center | Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program | $97,030 |
| HI | University of Hawaii | Stranding Response, Necropsy and Cause of Death Investigations in Hawaii and the Greater Pacific | $100,000 |
| HI | West Hawaii Aquatic Large Entanglement Response Network, Inc. | West Hawai'i Aquatic Large Entanglement Response Network, 2022 | $4,321 |
| IL | University Of Illinois | Centralized Diagnostic Testing and Histopathology Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events | $86,468 |
| LA | Audubon Nature Institute | Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Response and Enhancing Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding Program | $58,700 |
| ME | College of the Atlantic | Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Mid-coast/Downeast region of Maine, 2022-2023 | $99,986 |
| ME | Marine Mammals of Maine | Supporting Pinniped and Cetacean Stranding Response and Sustaining Pinniped Triage and Rehabilitation Capacity in the Northeast US | $100,000 |
| ME | University of Maine | Investigating Pinniped Susceptibility to Viral Disease Outbreaks through Diagnostic Analyses and Post- Unusual Mortality Event Monitoring | $99,988 |
| MD | National Aquarium, Inc. | Enhancement of Stranding Response along MD's Atlantic Coast with the Addition of Seal Triage | $54,892 |
| MA | National Marine Life Center, Inc. | Ensuring the Continuation of Seal Rehabilitation in New England | $55,334 |
| MA | Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (North America) Inc. | Operational Support for Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) in Southeast Massachusetts | $77,407 |
| NH | Seacoast Science Center, Inc. | Improving Effectiveness, Quality, and Community Understanding of Marine Mammal Response and Rescue in New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts | $39,682 |
| NY | Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd. | Continued Support for Large Whale, Dolphin and Seal Response in the New York Bight | $100,000 |
| NY | Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation | Enhancement of New York's Marine Mammal Stranding Program in Response to Increased Strandings and Human Interaction Cases | $44,828 |
| NJ | Marine Mammal Stranding Center | Operational Support and Enhancements for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Rehabilitation and Increasing Community Outreach Efforts in New Jersey | $98,524 |
| NC | The University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in Southern North Carolina with Emphasis on Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Monitoring, Human Interaction Diagnosis in support of the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction | $99,535 |
| NC | North Carolina Department of Environment of Environmental Quality | Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal and Central and Northern Sounds of North Carolina with Current and Post-Unusual Mortality Event and Fishery Interaction Surveillance | $99,755 |
| OR | Oregon State University | Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $99,958 |
| OR | Portland State University | Support for Stranding Response for the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program | $100,000 |
| SC | Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network | Stranding Response and Outreach for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $99,770 |
| TX | Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | Critical Operational Support for the Texas Marine Mammal Rescue, Response, and Data Collection Program | $99,928 |
| VA | Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. | Virginia Marine Mammal Stranding Response: Maintaining Expert Stranding Response and Establishing Brucella Biomonitoring Program | $99,977 |
| WA | Cascadia Research Collective | Cascadia Stranding Response for all Marine Mammals in Primary Washington Areas and for Dead or Live/Entangled Whales Statewide, Including Enhanced Evaluation of Human Interaction, 2022-2023 | $79,883 |
| WA | SR3, Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Increasing Resources for Marine Mammal Response And Rehabilitation In The Pacific Northwest | $80,000 |
| WA | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife | Support for WDFW's Ongoing Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Investigations of Causes of Mortality in Washington State | $100,000 |
| WA | Whatcom Marine Mammal Standing Network | Tri-organizational Collaboration to Provide Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Post-Mortem Examination, and Research Capacity along Eastern Puget Sound Washington | $83,350 |
| WA | The Whale Museum | Programmatic Support for Ongoing Stranding Response, Disentanglements, Disease Surveillance, and the Development of a Harbor Seal Pupping Index in San Juan County | $75,000 |
| WA | World Vets | Continuing Veterinary and Technical Support for the Health Needs of Stranded and Entangled Marine Mammals in Washington State | $80,000 |
2021, 55 awards for $3,715,471
| State | Applicant | Project Title | Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Alaska SeaLife Center | Live Marine Mammal Response for Alaska and Training Additional Responders in Alaska's Remote Areas | $80,112 |
| AK | North Slope Borough | Arctic Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting | $48,773 |
| AK | University of Alaska Anchorage | Continued Strengthening of Alaska's Marine Mammal Stranding Program through a Statewide Stranding Coordinator for Level A-C Response with Improved Data and Sample Management | $79,770 |
| AK | University of Alaska Fairbanks | Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Reporting in Western Alaska FY22 | $34,415 |
| CA | California Academy of Sciences | Enhancing Marine Mammal Stranding Response in the San Francisco Bay Area While Developing a Diversity and Inclusion Internship Program | $34,999 |
| CA | California Wildlife Center | A Targeted Approach to Enhance, Promote, and Consolidate Tag Resight Data for Rehabilitated Pinnipeds in the Southern California Bight | $25,000 |
| CA | Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute | Vital Staff Support for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties | $50,000 |
| CA | Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit | Support for CICRU's Cetacean Response Activities | $49,763 |
| CA | Humboldt State University | Critical Support for a Diverse and Inclusive Dead Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program at Humboldt State University - a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in Northern California | $50,000 |
| CA | Marine Mammal Care Center, Los Angeles | Support for Essential Hospital and Facility Management Positions | $100,000 |
| CA | Northcoast Marine Mammal Center | Maintaining Marine Mammal Response, Rehabilitation, and Data Collection, After the 2020 Pandemic Losses | $94,736 |
| CA | Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance | Filling the Gap, Support for a new Dead Marine Animal Response Progam in Southern California, Los Angeles County | $49,953 |
| CA | Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Improving Animal Care, Diagnostics, Education & Outreach for Pinniped & Cetacean Stranding Response & Rehabilitation in Southern California | $43,916 |
| CA | Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Developing Veterinary Intervention Capacity for Injured & Entangled Baleen Whales in California | $58,216 |
| CA | The Marine Mammal Center | Enhancing Pinniped Stranding Response in Central and Northern California | $50,000 |
| CA | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz | Support for Basic Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in California's Monterey Bay | $49,682 |
| CA | The Regents of the University of California, Davis | Diagnostic Testing Support for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events | $98,669 |
| CA | Sea World of California | Expanding and Updating Animal Response in Southern California | $50,000 |
| CT | Mystic Aquarium | Operational Support for Mystic Aquariums Animal Rescue Program and Training State Agencies and Volunteers to Enhance and Support Response and Data Collection in CT, RI, and Fisher's Island, NY | $91,100 |
| DE | Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. | Support Essential Personnel, Supplies and Training to Maintain and Enhance Marine Mammal Stranding Response, and Public Outreach in Delaware | $51,983 |
| FL | Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Operational Support for Cetacean Rehabilitation through Facility Enhancement | $41,598 |
| FL | Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Formalize and Enhance Community Stakeholder Training to Increase Collaboration and Stranding Response Efficiency | $22,348 |
| FL | Florida Institute of Technology | Harmful Algal Toxin Diagnostic Capabilities in Support of Marine Mammal Stranding Response | $99,888 |
| FL | Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute | Support for Proficient Stranding Response in an Active Region of Florida's East Coast: Providing evaluation of mortality trends and advanced assessment of human interaction | $99,892 |
| FL | Mote Marine Laboratory | Rapid Detection and Response to Cetacean Strandings in Central West Florida and Enhancement of the Tools for Small Cetacean Interventions and Forensics | $41,598 |
| GA | Georgia Department of Natural Resources | Enhance the Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $95,460 |
| HI | The Marine Mammal Center | Hawaiian Monk Seal Rehabilitation Program | $95.000 |
| HI | University of Hawaii | Stranding Response, Necropsy and Cause of Death Investigations for Pacific Island Cetaceans | $100,000 |
| HI | University of Hawaii | The Relationship Between Diet and Overall Health of Spinner and Striped Dolphins in the North Pacific | $68,606 |
| LA | Audubon Nature Institute | Coastal Wildlife Network: Critical Support for Maintaining and Enhancing Louisiana's Marine Mammal Stranding and Rehabilitation Program | $42,286 |
| ME | Center for Wildlife Studies | Continuing a Collaborative Marine Mammal Necropsy Program in the State of Maine | $73,087 |
| ME | College of the Atlantic | Operational Support for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response Program (MMSRP) for the Midcoast/ Downeast region of Maine, 2021-2022 | $99,986 |
| ME | Marine Mammals of Maine | Enhancing Data Collection Protocols for Marine Mammal Stranding Response and Triage/Rehab Operations in Midcoast and Southern Maine | $100,000 |
| MD | Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Maintaining the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Stranding Response Program: Continued Support for Response, Diagnostic Analysis, Regional Collaboration, and HAZWOPER Certified Response | $71,069 |
| MA | International Fund for Animal Welfare | Expanding Large Whale Medical Intervention and Research Capacity | $96,660 |
| MA | National Marine Life Center, Inc. | Programmatic Support for Pinniped Rehabilitation in Northern New England: Ensuring Long-Term Pinniped Rehabilitation in New England during and post COVID-19 | $67,887 |
| NH | Seacoast Science Center, Inc. | Ensuring Safe and Reliable Response and Transport for Marine Mammals and Strengthening Outreach, Education, and Disease Surveillance in New Hampshire and Northeastern Massachusetts | $54,951 |
| NY | Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Ltd. | Critical Support for Large Whale, Dolphin, and Seal Response in the New York Bight | $100,000 |
| NY | Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation | Strengthening New York's Response to Marine Mammal Strandings Through Critical Operational Support, Community Outreach, and Education | $79,632 |
| NJ | Marine Mammal Stranding Center | Critical Operational Support, Enhancements to Diagnostic Monitoring and Increasing Community Outreach Efforts for Pinniped and Cetacean Stranding Response and Rehabilitation in New Jersey | $99,994 |
| NC | North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Marine Mammal Stranding Response in Central Coastal North Carolina and Inland Sounds with Ongoing and Post-Unusual Mortality Event Surveillance | $49,994 |
| NC | The University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Response to Marine Mammal Strandings in Southern North Carolina with Special Emphasis on Bottlenose Dolphin Post-UME Monitoring, Human Interaction Diagnosis, and Enhanced Ancillary Analyses | $76,954 |
| OR | Oregon State University | Supporting and Enhancing the Capabilities of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $34,967 |
| OR | Portland State University | Monitoring Changing Species Distributions in the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Program (NOSWSP) Response Area | $100,000 |
| SC | Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network | Stranding Response and Diagnostic Testing for the South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $97,674 |
| TX | Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | Support for Continued Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Research Operations of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network | $99,991 |
| WA | Cascadia Research Collective | Marine Mammal Stranding Response/Necropsy for Primary Response Areas and Large Whales Statewide (Stranded or Entangled), Including Enhanced Evaluation of Human Interaction, 2021-2022 | $44,945 |
| WA | Makah Tribe | Determining factors governing observed reporting of gray whale strandings, bycatch, and vessel strikes in U.S. waters, 1983-2020 | $34,275 |
| WA | Port Townsend Marine Science Center | Supporting and Updating Marine Mammal Stranding Response on the North Olympic Peninsula through Collaborative Volunteer Recruitment, Training, and Community Outreach | $53,552 |
| WA | SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Large Whale Entanglement Response, Monitoring and Training on the US West Coast | $71,617 |
| WA | SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research | Research on Factors Contributing to Entanglements of Baleen Whales along the US West Coast | $32,361 |
| WA | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife | Support for WDFW's ongoing marine mammal stranding response and investigations of causes of mortality in Washington State | $100,000 |
| WA | The Whale Museum | Enhanced Disentanglement Efforts, Development of an Annual Harbor Seal Pupping Index, and Continued Stranding Response and Disease Surveillance in San Juan County | $35,000 |
| WA | Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | Multiple Year Support for Live Stranded Pinniped Rehabilitation Program in Washington State: Treatment, Data Collection, and Facilities Upgrades | $44,784 |
| WA | World Vets | Strengthening Support for the Health Needs of Stranded and Entangled Marine Mammals in Washington State | $90,999 |