Funded Projects

Grant: 23-001C
Project Title: Endoscopy Equipment for Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Organization: Clearwater Marine Aquarium (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Shelly Marquardt
Funding Approved: $35,000.00
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Grant: 23-002R
Project Title: Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Determine Exposure Levels of Marine Turtles to Vessels in North-Western, Florida
Organization: Florida State University (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Mariana Fuentes and Julia Saltzman
Funding Approved: $21,644.65
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Grant: 23-003C
Project Title: Support for Critically Ill Sea Turtles in Rehabilitation
Organization: Loggerhead Marinelife Center (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Heather Barron, DVM, DABVP, CertAqV
Funding Approved: $3,461.00
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Grant: 23-004C
Project Title: Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program Mobile Conservation Unit
Organization: Miami-Dade County Parks & Rec Dept (Florida Government)
Project Manager: Laura Dell
Funding Approved: $16,000.00
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Grant: 23-005R
Project Title: Information to Protect Florida’s Most Valuable and Vulnerable Sea Turtles from Vessel Strikes: Year-One Surveys and Gulf Coast Hot-Spot Identification
Organization: Inwater Research Group (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Blair Witherington
Funding Approved: $32,748.45
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Grant: 23-008E
Project Title: Displays at the Barrier Island Center telling the interconnecting stories of Doc Ehrhart, his students, sea turtles and the Carr Refuge.
Organization: Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (Florida Government)
Project Manager: Nichole Perna
Funding Approved: $5,800.00
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Grant: 23-009E
Project Title: Student Scientists for Sea Turtle Conservation
Organization: Nova Eisenhower Elementary (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Deborah Prochaska
Funding Approved: $3,000.00
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Grant: 23-010E
Project Title: A Legal and Policy History of Sea Turtle Conservation in Florida
Organization: Sea Turtle Conservancy (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Stacey Gallagher
Funding Approved: $15,000.00
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Grant: 23-011C
Project Title: Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center Flexible Endoscope
Organization: Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Foundation (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Julie Cavin
Funding Approved: $25,000.00
Completion Date: 2023-11-06
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Grant: 23-012C
Project Title: UTV for T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park Sea Turtle Surveys
Organization: Friends of St. Joseph State Parks (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Clint McCahill
Funding Approved: $13,464.20
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Grant: 23-015R
Project Title: Characterizing the Diet of Pier-Hooked Green Turtles
Organization: Inwater Research Group (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Cody Mott
Funding Approved: $9,800.00
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Grant: 23-016R
Project Title: Crawl Scene Investigation (CSI): Measuring Hatchling Mortality from Artificial Lighting
Organization: Stella Maris Environmental Research (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Ashley Britt Chelberg
Funding Approved: $10,000.00
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Grant: 23-018C
Project Title: Water Quality and Hospital Equipment
Organization: Zoo Miami Foundation (Zoo Miami) (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Rosemary Lucas
Funding Approved: $4,990.90
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Grant: 23-019R
Project Title: Investigating clutch frequency and inter-nesting habitat for a globally important loggerhead rookery: Year 4
Organization: Loggerhead Marinelife Center (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Sarah Hirsch and Dr. Justin Perrault
Funding Approved: $35,910.00
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Grant: 23-020E
Project Title: Threats to Sea Turtles Mobile Educational Display
Organization: Sea Turtle Conservancy (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Lexie Beach
Funding Approved: $4,330.00
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Grant: 23-022C
Project Title: Equipment to continue a long-term juvenile marine turtle population structure and abundance study.
Organization: University of Central Florida (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Kate L. Mansfield, Ph.D.
Funding Approved: $5,670.00
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Grant: 23-025C
Project Title: Expanding Temporary Capacity at The Florida Aquarium's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center
Organization: The Florida Aquarium (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Ashley Riese
Funding Approved: $35,995.00
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Grant: 23-026C
Project Title: Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Ultrasound System
Organization: Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project (The Turtle Hospital) (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Bette Zirkelbach
Funding Approved: $18,259.65
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Grant: 23-027C
Project Title: Sea Turtle Data Collection UTVs
Organization: Florida State Parks Foundation (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Paula Russo
Funding Approved: $34,834.30
Completion Date: 2023-11-09
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Grant: 23-028E
Project Title: Sea Turtle Education Kits
Organization: Florida State Parks Foundation (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Paula Russo
Funding Approved: $12,652.46
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Grant: 23-031C
Project Title: Global positioning system units for Loggerhead Marinelife Center's nesting beach monitoring
Organization: Loggerhead Marinelife Center (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Justin Perrault
Funding Approved: $11,450.00
Completion Date: 2023-10-12
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Grant: 23-032R
Project Title: Bacterial Dynamics of Newly Identified Dermatitis in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) on Florida's Gulf Coast
Organization: Mote Marine Laboratory (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Jake Lasala
Funding Approved: $11,701.20
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Grant: 23-033C
Project Title: Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center Necropsy Suite and Rehab Bins
Organization: Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Foundation (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Tabitha Siegfried
Funding Approved: $10,087.09
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Grant: 23-037R
Project Title: Swimming kinematics to understand neonate sea turtle dispersal
Organization: Florida Atlantic University (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Jeanette Wyneken
Funding Approved: $14,859.32
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Grant: 23-038R
Project Title: Integrative assessment of Fibropapillomatosis dynamics in free roaming green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Organization: University of Florida - Florida Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Raymond Carthy
Funding Approved: $14,602.35
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Grant: 23-039R
Project Title: Late-Season Sea Turtle Nesting in Central and South Brevard County, Florida, Year 3
Organization: University of Central Florida (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Erin E. Seney, Ph.D.
Funding Approved: $14,631.00
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Grant: 23-040E
Project Title: Turtle Friendly Lighting Education Campaign
Organization: City of Miami Beach (Florida Government)
Project Manager: Krystal Dobbins
Funding Approved: $13,550.00
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Grant: 23-041E
Project Title: Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program Mobile Education Unit
Organization: Miami-Dade County Parks & Rec Dept (Florida Government)
Project Manager: Christopher Bumpus
Funding Approved: $17,000.00
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Grant: 23-044C
Project Title: Critical Surgical Equipment for Intensive Care
Organization: University of Florida - Whitney Laboratory (Research and Educational Institute)
Project Manager: Brooke Burkhalter, DVM
Funding Approved: $10,426.50
Completion Date: 2023-11-27
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Grant: 23-046R
Project Title: Keep on tracking! Passive acoustic telemetry is a vital tool for detecting movement patterns and resource-use by east Florida’s immature sea turtles
Organization: East Coast Biologists, Inc. (Non-Profit Organization)
Project Manager: Karen G Holloway-Adkins
Funding Approved: $29,024.00
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