§ Federal grant opportunity · F26AS00023
F26AS00023 FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program
Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting applications for F26AS00023 FY2026 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program. The deadline is November 30, 2026 and the published award range is $0 – $150K.
Key facts
- Funder
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Application deadline
- November 30, 2026
- Award range
- $0 – $150K
- Eligibility
- public and state institutions of higher education, nonprofits non higher education without 501c3, special district governments, private institutions of higher education, county governments, state governments, other, city or township governments, nonprofits non higher education with 501c3, federally recognized native american tribal governments, other native american tribal organizations
- Geography
- United States
- Focus areas
- Natural Resources
- Opportunity number
- F26AS00023
Program overview
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.
How to apply
- Confirm your organization meets the eligibility criteria above.
- Read the full funding opportunity announcement from Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Draft your narrative against the funder's stated priorities and review criteria.
- Submit before November 30, 2026, allowing time for registration and validation.
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