John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (Prescott Grant Program)

The summary for the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (Prescott Grant Program) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Commerce, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (Prescott Grant Program): NOAA NMFS' 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) 2020 and how NMFS will determine which proposals may be funded. This announcement should be read in its entirety, as some information has changed from the previous year.

Federal Grant Title:	John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (Prescott Grant Program)
Federal Agency Name:	Department of Commerce (DOC)
Grant Categories:	Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-NMFS-PRPO-2020-2006163
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	11.439
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	October 11th, 2019
Original Application Deadline:	October 11th, 2019
Posted Date:	August 9th, 2019
Creation Date:	August 9th, 2019
Archive Date:	November 10th, 2019
Total Program Funding:	$4,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$100,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$1
Expected Number of Awards:	40
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes
Last Updated:	August 9th, 2019

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: All eligible applicants must currently be an active, authorized participant or researcher in the National Marine Mammal Stranding Network or Entanglement Response Network. Eligible applicants must be: 1) Stranding Agreement (SA) holders or their designee organizations recognized by the applicable NMFS Region; or 2) Co-Investigators (CI) authorized as Level 3,4, or 5 large whale entanglement responders under the MMHSRP's MMPA/ESA scientific research and enhancement permit (permit no. 18786-02); or 3) 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) including Co-Investigator authorization; or 4) 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 5) Diagnostic or service organizations performing services for the stranding network. Federal agencies in the DOC or Department of the Interior (DOI) are not eligible to receive Federal assistance under this notice.
Grant Announcement Contact: Lanni Hall 301-427-8435
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
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