Fiscal Year 2026 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
Funds FEMA pre-disaster mitigation projects for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to reduce natural hazard risks through planning, project scoping, and hazard mitigation activities, with awards limited to projects named in the FY 2026 appropriations Joint Explanatory Statement.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV · TRIBAL ENTITIES
⚑ Congressional/appropriations-directed limited competition: only the 125 CDS projects named in the FY 2026 DHS Appropriations Act Joint Explanatory Statement are fundable. · Local governments must apply through their state or territory; applicants are SLTT governments only. · Award ceiling listed as $0 in the notice. · Projects are primarily mitigation and infrastructure/hazard-reduction activities, not research.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
Description
The FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program funds Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) projects for state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) governments. These projects are designed to implement cost-effective measures that reduce natural hazard risk to people and property, and decrease reliance on federal funding for future natural disasters. In fiscal year (FY) 2026, the PDM Grant Program will award $189,713,659 to the projects identified in the 2026 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act’s Joint Explanatory Statement (JES). The 125 CDS projects fall under planning, project scoping and hazard mitigation projects. The FY 2026 PDM Grant Program projects come from 40 states and one tribe. Most projects focus on improving infrastructure to reduce flooding risk; some projects address other hazards such as earthquakes and wildfires.
Eligibility
U.S. Territories; District of ColumbiaLocal governments must apply through their state or territory.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Mariano Almonte Grantor <femago@fema.dhs.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · Federal (generic) conventions SEE A FEDERAL EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — Federal (generic)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.
Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
14/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a FEMA hazard-mitigation grant focused on infrastructure projects for flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires, so the topical overlap with IPPRA is only indirect. The opportunity is primarily for SLTT governments to implement mitigation projects, not to fund research, survey work, or policy analysis, and a university role would be limited at best.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 14 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a FEMA hazard-mitigation grant focused on infrastructure projects for flooding, earthquakes, and wildfires, so the topical overlap with IPPRA is only indirect. The opportunity is primarily for SLTT governments to implement mitigation projects, not to fund research, survey work, or policy analysis, and a university role would be limited at best. |
| 2026-07-06 | 18 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a FEMA hazard-mitigation infrastructure program aimed at state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, with projects focused mainly on flood, earthquake, and wildfire risk reduction. While it sits within IPPRA’s weather/climate/water resilience space, it is overwhelmingly technical and implementation-oriented, with no clear research, social-behavioral, or policy component for IPPRA to lead. Eligibility is also restricted to SLTT governments (local governments via states/territories), so a public university would not be a direct applicant or named research partner under the stated rules, capping relevance below 20. |