Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)

What it funds: Pre-disaster mitigation for infrastructure: construction projects that have at least a conceptual design, building code adoption and enforcement, and project scoping tied to a specific infrastructure project. The FY2024–25 round does not fund hazard mitigation plan development or updates, phased projects, or non-financial direct technical assistance.
Who can apply: States, DC, territories and federally recognized tribes apply to FEMA. Local governments (including special districts, councils of governments and agencies of a local government) apply as subapplicants through their state and need a FEMA-approved local hazard mitigation plan; individuals, businesses and nonprofits cannot apply, but a local government can apply on their behalf.
Match: 75% federal and 25% non-federal. Small impoverished communities (3,000 or fewer residents, with per capita income at or below 80% of the national figure) can get up to 90% federal; the FY2024–25 funding notice has no separate cost-share break for economically disadvantaged rural communities. Match can be cash or in-kind, and other federal funds count only where their own statute allows it.
Award: In the FY2024–25 round: up to $20 million federal share per National Competition subapplication (a $757 million pool), up to $2 million per state in the state allocation, up to $1 million per state for building codes, and no applicant could receive more than 15% of the $1 billion total.

How Maryland applicants apply

Through the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM), which FEMA lists as Maryland's State Hazard Mitigation Officer agency and which administers FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants in the state. Local governments send subapplications to MDEM, and MDEM files Maryland's application in FEMA GO. The current round is closed; to get in line for the next one, use MDEM's Hazard Mitigation Assistance Notice of Interest form (linked from its hazard mitigation page) or email mitigation.mdem@maryland.gov.

The program on fema.gov

Dates

No dates are listed ahead. The $1 billion FY2024–25 round opened March 25, 2026 and closed July 23, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET. FEMA says it is reviewing submissions and will announce selections when the review is complete (page updated September 3, 2026); no FY2026 round has been announced.

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What has changed

September 3, 2026FEMA's BRIC page says submissions are under review and selections will be announced when review is complete; subapplications from the January 2025 opportunity will not be reviewed. (fema.gov)
July 23, 2026The FY2024–25 application period closed at 3 p.m. ET. (fema.gov)
March 25, 2026FEMA published a combined FY2024–25 funding opportunity with $1 billion, removing funding for hazard mitigation planning and non-financial direct technical assistance and ending phased projects. (fema.gov)
March 6, 2026The court ordered FEMA to issue a FY2024 BRIC funding opportunity within 21 days and to report when it expects to issue FY2025 and FY2026 funding opportunities. (storage.courtlistener.com)
December 12, 2025Maryland's Attorney General announced Maryland was part of the winning coalition and said Maryland had been awarded over $80 million in BRIC funds for 2020–2023, much of it made unavailable by the termination. (oag.maryland.gov)
December 11, 2025The court ruled that the termination of BRIC was unlawful and permanently enjoined it. The ruling does not require FEMA to award any specific grants. (congress.gov)
August 5, 2025In the states' lawsuit (State of Washington et al. v. FEMA, D. Mass. No. 25-12006), the court granted a preliminary injunction barring FEMA from spending BRIC funds on other purposes. (congress.gov)
April 16, 2025A FEMA advisory said the FY2024 BRIC funding opportunity, published in January 2025, was cancelled. (congress.gov)
April 4, 2025FEMA announced it was ending the BRIC program. (congress.gov)

Sources

Checked against the funder’s own pages on October 29, 2026. Rules and dates change; confirm with the funder before you apply.

Frequently Asked Questions

As of October 29, 2026: Under review. The $1 billion FY2024–25 round opened March 25, 2026 and closed July 23, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET. FEMA says it is reviewing submissions and will announce selections when the review is complete (page updated September 3, 2026); no FY2026 round has been announced.

Pre-disaster mitigation for infrastructure: construction projects that have at least a conceptual design, building code adoption and enforcement, and project scoping tied to a specific infrastructure project. The FY2024–25 round does not fund hazard mitigation plan development or updates, phased projects, or non-financial direct technical assistance.

States, DC, territories and federally recognized tribes apply to FEMA. Local governments (including special districts, councils of governments and agencies of a local government) apply as subapplicants through their state and need a FEMA-approved local hazard mitigation plan; individuals, businesses and nonprofits cannot apply, but a local government can apply on their behalf.

75% federal and 25% non-federal. Small impoverished communities (3,000 or fewer residents, with per capita income at or below 80% of the national figure) can get up to 90% federal; the FY2024–25 funding notice has no separate cost-share break for economically disadvantaged rural communities. Match can be cash or in-kind, and other federal funds count only where their own statute allows it.

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