John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant
Funds U.S. Stranding or Entanglement Response Network participants, or their collaborators, to rescue and treat stranded or entangled marine mammals, respond to emergencies, collect samples and data, support directly related facility costs, and build response network capacity through training where facilities are sparse.
⚑ Applicant must submit a Prescott Letter of Eligibility. · Eligibility limited to Stranding or Entanglement Response Network participants in good standing, or collaborators with a network member. · New applicants must be identified as never having had a Prescott application reviewed in a previous Prescott competition. · Funds may support emergency response, care/treatment, data/sample collection, directly related facility operating costs, and training/capacity building; award ceiling $150,000.
This is primarily a marine mammal rescue/service-delivery and response-capacity grant, not the team’s survey, risk-perception, policy, or program-evaluation portfolio. There is a public-health/environmental element, but it is far outside any member’s established research line.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-09-24
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topics: environment, public_health; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is none; funds service delivery, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds service delivery (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP) is authorized under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to facilitate collecting and disseminating reference data on stranded marine mammals (cetaceans and pinnipeds, excluding walrus) and the health trends of marine mammal populations in the wild. The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program is administered by NMFS to provide federal assistance to eligible members of the U.S. National Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the U.S. National Entanglement Response Network, and their collaborators to provide for: (A) the recovery, care, or treatment of sick, injured, or entangled marine mammals; (B) responses to marine mammal stranding events that require emergency assistance; (C) the collection of data and samples from living or dead stranded marine mammals for scientific research or assessments regarding marine mammal health; (D) facility operating costs that are directly related to activities described in (A), (B), or (C); and (E) development of stranding network capacity, including training for emergency response, where facilities do not exist or are sparse. This document describes how to submit proposals for funding under this competition and how NMFS will review and determine which proposals are selected for funding.
Eligibility
All applicants must submit a Prescott Letter of Eligibility with the application in order to be considered for an award. The Prescott Letter of Eligibility states that you and/or your organization are either a Stranding or Entanglement Response Network participant in good standing, or collaborating with a Stranding or Entanglement Response Network member. New Applicants: The Letter of Eligibility must state that youare a new applicant who has never had a Prescott application reviewed during the technical reviewprocess of a previous Prescott competition.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Maria Aguiniga Grantor <mackenzie.griffin@noaa.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · NOAA / Department of Commerce conventions SEE A NOAA EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — NOAA / Department of Commerce's document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.