Fiscal Year 2024 & 2025 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grants

Program

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

Resources

Applications Due

July 23, 2026

Total Funding

$1 billionState/Territory Allocation Subtotal: $112 millionTribal Set-Aside Subtotal: $50 millionState/Territory Building Code Plus-Up Subtotal: $56 millionTribal Building Code Plus-Up Subtotal: $25 millionNational Competition Subtotal: $757 million

Funding Source

Federal

Maximum Award

$50,000,000

Award Details

State/Territory Allocation: up to $2 million
Tribal Set-Aside: up to $2 million
State/Territory Building Code Plus-Up: up to $1 million
Tribal Building Code Plus-Up: up to $25 million
National Competition: unlimited, each up to $20 million
Eligible capability- and capacity-building activity and hazard mitigation project subapplications are not to exceed a total of $50 million.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include states, U.S. territories, and federally recognized Tribal Nations. Eligible subapplicants are communities, local governments, cities, townships, counties, special district governments, and Tribal Nations (including federally recognized Tribal Nations who choose to apply as subapplicants). Federally recognized Tribal Nations who wish to apply as subapplicants rather than as applicants directly to FEMA, must submit to their applicant agency.

Eligible Activities

Capability- and Capacity-Building Activities directly tied to infrastructure projects such as building code adoption/enforcement, related technical training and project scoping activities for specific infrastructure
Hazard Mitigation Projects that increase resilience and public safety; reduce injuries and loss of life; and reduce damage and destruction to property, critical services, facilities, and infrastructure from natural hazards. Only infrastructure and construction projects that have, at a minimum, a conceptual design are eligible
Management Costs to reimburse the recipient and subrecipient for eligible and reasonable indirect costs, direct administrative costs, and other administrative expenses associated with a specific hazard mitigation project
Up to 10% of any subapplication may be used for information dissemination activities, including public awareness and education (brochures, workshops, videos, etc.) only if these activities are directly related to an eligible infrastructure project or building code activity.

Duration

36 months

Notable Requirements

Cost share is required for all subapplications, generally 75% federal / 25% non-federal. Small Impoverished Communities are eligible for an increase in cost share up to 90% federal / 10% non-federal. Previous subapplications submitted for the initial Fiscal Year 2024 BRIC funding opportunity will not be reviewed. Applicants and subapplicants are encouraged to review, update, and resubmit in accordance with this new funding opportunity. An applicant may not receive more than 15% of the total available funding, including the combined total of all funding category requests.

Preferences

Evaluation criteria: Infrastructure Project Construction Readiness (5, 15, 30 points), New Applicant or Subapplicant (15 points), Building Code Adoption and Enforcement (5 to 10 points), Small Impoverished Community (5 points), Risk Reduction (20 points), and Implementation Measures (10 points).

How to Apply

Complete applications will be submitted through the FEMA GO system.

ConstructionDisaster ResponseEducation and TrainingEmergency ManagementInfrastructure Development