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F26AS00023 FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program

From	Fish and Wildlife Service
Who can apply	state governments, counties, cities and townships, special districts (water, fire, parks, etc.), public colleges and universities, federally recognized tribes and 5 more types
Eligibility notes	Eligible applicants must be a U.S. eligible marine mammal stranding participant or stranding network collaborator that is not an employee of the Department of the Interior or Department of Commerce.
How much	up to $150K per award; about 21 awards; $2.4 million total
Deadline	Mon, Nov 30, 2026 (38 days left)
Matching funds	Yes: you must put up some of your own money or in-kind match
Category	Natural Resources
Type	Cooperative agreement, Grant
Opportunity #	F26AS00023
Assistance listing	15.683
Posted	Tue, Sep 29, 2026

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The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program (Prescott program) provides financial assistance to eligible marine mammal stranding participants and stranding network collaborators to provide (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. Successful applications will be those aimed at helping support these actions. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) Prescott Grant Program will provide support for response to the stranding of wild populations of species under the Department of the Interior’s management authority per section 3(12) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Under this Funding Opportunity, FWS will recommend projects for funding based on how well and to what extent they support the species-specific priority activities, which are listed below under Species-Specific Funding Priorities. For the purposes of this program, priority is to be given to applications focusing on marine mammal strandings.

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