FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grants Ordered To Be Restored

On March 6th, the United States District Court ruled that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must restore the grant rounds for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program for three fiscal years, FY24, FY25, and FY26 (October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2026). Note the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding ends on September 30, 2026, so this additional FEMA BRIC funding is very timely for your projects in design or construction. Applicants will have up to 3 years to spend funds awarded and several states have programs to provide non-federal matching funds to applicants with grant-ready construction projects.
 
In the ruling, the Court ordered that BRIC’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year 2024 must be issued within 21 days of the ruling (Friday, March 27th, 2026). This will unfreeze approximately $750 million of grants that had their funding cancelled in April 2025. The order also creates a 14-day deadline (Friday, March 20th, 2026) for FEMA to communicate the status of current BRIC projects to the plaintiffs, and to file status reports with the court on reversing the termination, including the schedule for issuing the FY26 funding cycle. 

As of March 25th, 2026, the combined FY24 and FY25 NOFO was announced and published on Grants.gov with an application end date for July 23rd, 2026, at 3:00 PM ET. The FY24 and FY25 NOFO allocate $1,000,000,000 to States, Territories, and Tribes with $757 million available nationwide as part of a competitive grant with a $20 million cap for the federal share.  Applicants are encouraged to review their Hazard Mitigation Plans for mitigation actions and ready-to-go projects ahead of the NOFO announcements. 

GZA has substantial experience in updating FEMA benefit cost analysis on an expedited schedule for resiliency projects, which you should start on right away. We can also assist you in preparing your grant applications when the FY26 application periods open.