FEMA’s pre-disaster BRIC grants fund infrastructure projects that reduce flood risk, help communities develop and design those projects, and support the adoption and enforcement of up-to-date building codes. 

Encourages public-private partnerships

Targeted support for smaller communities

Application cycle: March 25 – July 23, 2026 for states, tribes, and territories. Local governments and other subapplicants should contact their State Hazard Mitigation Office or other state, tribal, or territorial agency for state-specific deadlines, which will occur before the federal deadline.

Summary: FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program provides funding for public infrastructure projects and mitigation efforts that bolster a community’s flood resilience before a disaster strikes. This application cycle covers Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025, and makes $1 billion available for hazard mitigation activities, with a special emphasis on applicants seeking funding for shovel-ready construction projects or to adopt hazard-resistant building codes. Communities that have not previously received BRIC funding are also prioritized in this cycle through points in the National Competition scoring.

Eligible applicants: 

• Applicants: States, territories, and federally recognized tribal governments.

• Subapplicants: Local governments, communities, special districts, and tribal governments applying through a state or territory.

Eligible activities: FEMA provides the following uses of assistance through the BRIC program:

• Hazard mitigation projects: Public infrastructure and construction projects that reduce risk from natural hazards, including flooding. Projects must have at least a conceptual design to be eligible; phased projects are not eligible. Examples include stormwater system upgrades, drainage improvements, property acquisition and structure relocation, structure elevation, floodproofing of residential and non-residential buildings, and retrofitting of critical facilities such as hospitals, utilities, and emergency services buildings.
• Capability and capacity-building (C&CB) activities: Funding to help communities develop and design specific infrastructure projects (e.g., engineering studies, preliminary design, benefit-cost analyses) and train staff on technical aspects of project delivery. C&CB also funds adopting up-to-date building codes, training enforcement staff, and applying stronger construction standards to new and existing buildings. General planning activities, including hazard mitigation plan development or updates, are no longer eligible under BRIC. 
• Management costs: Funding for the administrative costs of managing a BRIC award or subaward.

Funding: $1 billion is available for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025. No applicant (e.g., state) may receive more than 15% of total available funding.

• National Competition: $757 million (maximum $20 million federal share per project).
• State/Territory allocation: 
  • State/Territory set-aside: $112 million (maximum $2 million federal share per project).
  • State/Territory building code plus-up: $56 million (maximum $1 million federal share per applicant for building code adoption and enforcement activities).
• Filter — Targeted Support for Tribal Communities: 
  • Tribal government set-aside: $50 million (maximum $2 million federal share per applicant).
  • Tribal building code plus-up: $25 million. 

Cost share:

• 75% federal / 25% non-federal.
• Filter — Needs-Based Cost Sharing: 90% federal / 10% non-federal, for small impoverished communities, defined as communities of 3,000 or fewer individuals with residents having an average per capita annual income not exceeding 80 percent of the national per capita income.
  • 100% federal / 0% non-federal, for management costs.
  • Insular areas may receive a full waiver if the non-federal cost share for the entire award is below $200,000.
• Filter — In-Kind Contributions: The nonfederal cost share may consist of cash, donated or third-party in-kind services, materials, or any combination of them.
• Filter — Public Private Partnerships: FEMA encourages innovative use of public and private-sector partnerships to meet the non-federal cost share. 

Application process: 

• Applications are scored across six criteria (100 points total), with construction readiness (30 points), building codes (20), and risk reduction (20) weighted most heavily. New applicants receive a 15-point bonus; small, impoverished communities receive 5 points.
• Applicants and subapplicants must have a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan by the application deadline and at the time of award to pursue hazard mitigation projects.
• Awards have a 36-month performance period, with extensions possible up to a total of eight years under extenuating circumstances.
• Applications submitted for the initial FY2024 BRIC opportunity (January 2025) will not be considered; applicants should update and resubmit to this new opportunity.
• Eligible Applicants must apply for funding using the FEMA Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO), which is the management system for BRIC.