John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant

The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program provides federal assistance to eligible members of the U.S. National Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the U.S. National Entanglement Response Network, and their collaborators. The program supports activities such as the recovery, care, or treatment of sick, injured, or entangled marine mammals, responses to marine mammal stranding events, collection of data and samples, facility operating costs, and development of stranding network capacity. The program has six priorities, including stranding operations, entanglement response, conferences, workshops, outreach, diagnostic labs, and research. • The program is administered by the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. • Eligible applicants include members of the U.S. National Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the U.S. National Entanglement Response Network, and their collaborators. • The program provides funding for activities such as stranding response, data collection, and research. • The program has a focus on conservation and management of marine mammal populations. • The program requires applicants to submit a Prescott Letter of Eligibility and to provide data and samples for scientific research and assessments.