OpportunityTitle: John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (Prescott Grant Program) for Fiscal Year 2016
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: All eligible applicants must currently be an active, authorized participant or researcher in the National Marine Mammal Stranding Network.  Eligible applicants must be: 1) Stranding Agreement (SA) holders or their designee organizations; or 2) holders of researcher authorization letters issued by a NMFS Regional Administrator and/or an MMPA and/or ESA scientific research or enhancement permit (when applicable); or 3) an eligible Federal, state, or local government personnel or tribal personnel (pursuant to Section 109(h) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1379(h)); or 4) diagnostic laboratories performing services for the stranding network.
Description: NOAA NMFS&apos; Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program is directed under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to facilitate the collection and dissemination of reference data on stranded marine mammals and health trends of marine mammal populations in the wild. The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program is administered by NOAA to provide Federal assistance to eligible members of the National Marine Mammal Stranding Network to: 1) support basic needs of organizations for response, treatment, and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals, 2) fund scientific research objectives designed to answer questions about marine mammal strandings, health, or rehabilitation techniques utilizing data from living and dead stranded marine mammals, and 3) support facility operations directly related to the recovery, treatment, and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals. This document describes how to submit proposals for funding in fiscal year (FY) 2016 and how NMFS will determine which proposals will be funded. This document should be read in its entirety, as some information has changed from the previous year.
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GrantorContactText: Jaclyn Taylor and Sarah Wilkin &lt;br/&gt;Prescott Grant Program &lt;br/&gt;NOAA/NMFS/Office of Protected Resources (F/PR) &lt;br/&gt;1315 East-West Highway, Room 13620 &lt;br/&gt;Silver Spring, MD 20910 &lt;br/&gt;(301) 427-8402 &lt;br/&gt;