John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant

Key facts

Copied from the official Grants.gov record. Last verified October 29, 2026.

Program name

John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant

Issuing agency

DOC NOAA - ERA Production (Department of Commerce)

Opportunity number

NOAA-NMFS-PRPO-2026-31863

Funding type

Cooperative Agreement, Grant

Funding purpose

Natural Resources, Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Status

Open (posted)

Application deadline

Closes December 1, 2026

Published award range

$1 – $150,000

Cost sharing or match required

Yes

Eligible applicants (official categories)

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Individuals
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others (see Additional Information on Eligibility)

Relevant to

Businesses and NonprofitsHow we determined this: Grants.gov eligibility includes small businesses or for-profit organizations. Grants.gov eligibility includes nonprofit organizations.

Geographic restrictions

None stated in structured data (federal opportunities are often nationwide). Check the eligibility details and full announcement for any limits.

Assistance Listing (CFDA)

11.061

Official source

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Application URL

www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363929 ↗Apply through Grants.gov (Workspace) using the application package on the official listing, unless the full announcement names a different submission system.

Source identifier

Grants.gov opportunity ID 363929 · Funding opportunity number NOAA-NMFS-PRPO-2026-31863

Posted

September 23, 2026 · Source last updated September 23, 2026

Last verified

October 29, 2026 (against Grants.gov)

Data completeness

100% of key fields published by the source

Record confidence

highVerified against the official source; key fields present; no open issues.

Eligibility details (from the agency)

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.

Description (from the official listing)

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.

Agency contact

Mackenzie Griffin, Acting Prescott Program Manager NOAA/NMFS/Office of Protected Resources (F/PR) 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13604 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Ph: (301) 427-8418) Email: mackenzie.griffin@noaa.gov
mackenzie.griffin@noaa.gov