FEMA BRIC Winners and Award History

By Grantsights9 min readUpdated Oct 10, 20265 official sourcesHow we checkCorrections

Quick Answer: FEMA BRIC winner history must separate selected projects from final obligated awards.

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FEMA's BRIC page now says the FY2024 and FY2025 application period is closed; applications were due in FEMA GO by July 23, 2026, and FEMA is reviewing submissions without a new cycle posted yet. Earlier January 2025 subapplications were reviewed only if updated and resubmitted under that window. FEMA's FY2023 BRIC national-competition selection narratives show California project examples from $14.6M to $50M, including water, flood, dam, and levee projects. Use those as selection-pattern evidence, not as proof that every selected project is fully awarded. FEMA announced it was ending BRIC on April 4, 2025; a December 11, 2025 court order reversed the termination and a March 6, 2026 order enforced it, which led to the single $1 billion FY2024-FY2025 notice (CRS Insight IN12609 (opens in a new tab)). Earlier selections went through that cancellation and reinstatement, so confirm a project's current status with FEMA or the state before citing it.

This guide is for: Emergency managers, city and county staff, state hazard mitigation officers, Tribal governments, utility districts, public works leaders, and consultants checking FEMA BRIC winners before deciding whether to build a BRIC subapplication.

Data note: Grantsights checked FEMA's BRIC program page, FEMA's March 25, 2026 BRIC funding announcement, FEMA's FY2023 BRIC national-competition selection narratives, Grants.gov opportunity 361620, and FEMA hazard mitigation policy materials on June 18, 2026. FEMA's BRIC page (updated September 3, 2026) was rechecked on October 9, 2026. The public examples below are selection-narrative rows unless labeled otherwise.

In this guide (10 sections)

8 FY2023 BRIC Selection Examples From FEMA Narratives
What The BRIC Pattern Means For Applicants
What FEMA BRIC Winner Lists Don't Tell You
6 Apply, Wait, Or Skip Checks
5 BRIC Screens Before A Subapplication
4 Route Comparisons That Stop Weak BRIC Applications
3 Real-World Reads From FEMA's FY2023 Selections
How To Use This Page
Sources
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BRIC source signal	FEMA public source	Applicant meaning
FY2024 and FY2025 opportunity	$1B available	Closed July 23, 2026 (3 p.m. ET); FEMA is reviewing and hasn't announced selections
Submission system	FEMA GO	Old subapplications need a current resubmission check
National competition pool	$757M	Large construction projects compete nationally
Max federal share per subapplication	$20M	2026 BRIC has a tighter cap than some older examples
FY2023 California selected examples	$14.6M to $50M	Prior selection narratives show project type and scale

According to FEMA's March 25, 2026 BRIC announcement (opens in a new tab), the FY2024 and FY2025 BRIC opportunity made $1 billion available and set July 23, 2026 as the application deadline. According to FEMA's current BRIC page (opens in a new tab), eligible applicants and subapplicants must apply through FEMA GO, and subapplications submitted in January 2025 will not be reviewed unless they are updated and resubmitted under the current opportunity. According to FEMA, eligible applicants include states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and federally recognized Tribal Nations, while eligible subapplicants include local governments, communities, special districts, and Tribal Nations applying through a state or territory. According to the same FEMA announcement, the 2026 categories include $112M for states and territories, $50M for Tribal set-aside, building-code plus-up funding, and $757M for the national competition. According to FEMA's FY2023 BRIC selection narratives (opens in a new tab), selected projects included water, flood, dam, levee, drainage, wildfire, and utility-hardening work.

Where official sources stop: FEMA gives program rules, selection lists, and funding notices. It does not always make the applicant decision easy: selection versus obligation, state applicant versus local subapplicant, BRIC versus HMGP, and BRIC versus FMA need separate screens. This guide adds that route logic.

BRIC winner history is useful only if you respect the source unit. A selected project can show what FEMA valued in a competition, but a local government still has to clear state routing, plan alignment, benefit-cost logic, environmental review, and cost-share issues.

8 FY2023 BRIC Selection Examples From FEMA Narratives

This table shows selected rows from FEMA's FY2023 national-competition narrative PDF. It is a selection-pattern sample, not a full obligated-award export.

State	Selected project	Local signal	FEMA narrative amount	Applicant read
CA	Climate Adaptive Water Infrastructure Resiliency Project	Placerville water supply and wildfire risk	$14.6M	Utility and wildfire-risk logic can fit BRIC
CA	Oakland Alameda Flood Adaptation and Community Benefits Project	Alameda and East Oakland flood risk	$50.0M	Large multi-benefit flood projects can compete
CA	Paradise Irrigation District Magalia Dam Seismic Retrofit	Paradise dam and seismic risk	$37.5M	Dam and public-water safety can fit
CA	San Bernardino County Mission Channel	San Bernardino flood protection	$36.4M	Channel and storm-flow projects need strong design case
CA	Sutter Bypass East Levee Project	Sacramento-area levee work	$49.9M	Levee restoration can reach large scale
FL	Sweetwater Branch Creek Stabilization	Gainesville water facility erosion	$4.0M	Smaller infrastructure protection can still fit
FL	Union County Clay Electric Infrastructure Resilience	Utility hardening	FEMA narrative row	Utility system risk needs source detail
OR	City of Port Orford Water Resilience Improvements	Water-system resilience	FEMA narrative row	Small community water projects may be competitive

The sample shows why BRIC should not be treated as a generic construction grant. FEMA selection narratives tend to show hazard reduction, public infrastructure, disadvantaged-community or risk-zone benefits, and projects that can explain future damage reduction.

According to FEMA's 2026 notice, the national competition cap is up to $20M federal share per subapplication. That means older FY2023 selected examples above $20M should not be copied into a 2026 budget without checking the current NOFO and FEMA GO package.

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What The BRIC Pattern Means For Applicants

Pattern	Applicant read	Action before writing
Many examples protect infrastructure	BRIC is best for future-risk reduction, not ordinary replacement	Tie the project to hazard risk and plan priorities
Water, flood, dam, and utility projects appear	Capital work can fit when risk and benefits are clear	Build engineering and benefit-cost support early
State or Tribal route controls the path	Local applicants cannot bypass the applicant layer	Start with the state hazard mitigation office
Amounts can be large	Budget must still fit current caps and cost-share rules	Check the current NOFO before using old examples
Selection language is not obligation language	A selected project can still face later review, and FY2023 selections were caught in the 2025 termination and court-ordered reinstatement	Do not call selection rows final awards unless FEMA does

A bad fit is a city that picks BRIC because it has a large public works need but no hazard mitigation plan tie, no benefit-cost story, and no state priority. The better fit is a project that lowers future disaster loss, has local plan backing, has engineering detail, and can survive state review before FEMA review.

For example, a hypothetical coastal city with a floodwall concept, no design basis, and no benefit-cost work should wait. A water district with wildfire risk, a mitigation-plan link, engineering estimates, and state support may be ready for BRIC or another FEMA mitigation route.

What FEMA BRIC Winner Lists Don't Tell You

Source	What it proves	What it does not decide
FEMA BRIC program page (opens in a new tab)	Program frame, FEMA GO path, and current route	Whether a local project is state-priority ready
FEMA March 25, 2026 announcement (opens in a new tab)	Current funding amount, categories, and deadline	Whether a subapplication will clear state ranking
FY2023 BRIC narratives (opens in a new tab)	Selection examples and project stories	Final obligation status for every project
Grants.gov opportunity 361620 (opens in a new tab)	Current BRIC opportunity listing	Local benefit-cost readiness
FEMA HMA Guide (opens in a new tab)	Hazard mitigation policy context	Whether BRIC is better than HMGP or FMA

Grantsights data adds the public route screen: selection-versus-award caveat, current 2026 cap, applicant layer, project-type pattern, and apply, wait, or skip guidance.

6 Apply, Wait, Or Skip Checks

Decision	Pass signal	Stop signal
Apply through BRIC	Project lowers future disaster loss and fits the state or Tribal route	No mitigation-plan tie exists
Wait	Engineering, benefit-cost, or match proof needs more work	No BRIC window is open: the FY2024-FY2025 deadline passed July 23, 2026
Use HMGP	Project follows a declared disaster and state HMGP priorities	Pre-disaster route is stronger
Use FMA	Flood project fits FMA and flood-insurance priorities	BRIC national competition is a better match
Use Public Assistance	Work repairs declared-disaster damage	Project is about future risk reduction
Skip FEMA for now	Project is ordinary maintenance or deferred capital work	Local capital funds or bonds are the right path

5 BRIC Screens Before A Subapplication

According to FEMA, the FY2024 and FY2025 opportunity set a July 23, 2026 deadline (now passed) and a $20M federal-share cap per national-competition subapplication. That current cap should be checked before anyone copies older selected examples.

Screen	What to confirm	Why it changes the route
Applicant path	State, territory, DC, or Tribal applicant	Local governments usually need subapplicant routing
Plan alignment	Hazard mitigation plan and local priority	BRIC is not ordinary capital repair
Benefit-cost logic	Damage avoided and benefit evidence	Weak benefit-cost work can stop a project
Cost share	Non-federal share and eligible match	Large projects can strain local budgets
Review timing	Environmental, historic, engineering, and state review	Selection can still face later work

For example, the Oakland Alameda flood selection at $50M is useful because it shows a multi-jurisdiction flood-risk project with transportation, shoreline, and community benefits. It is not a 2026 budget template, because FEMA's current notice lists a $20M federal-share cap per national-competition subapplication.

According to FEMA's FY2023 selection narratives, the Paradise dam project, San Bernardino channel project, and Sutter levee project all connected the work to hazard risk and infrastructure function. A city with a normal drainage backlog should not assume that is enough. Use the FEMA grants guide and the BRIC program page to compare source rules before writing.

4 Route Comparisons That Stop Weak BRIC Applications

According to FEMA's hazard mitigation guidance, BRIC sits inside a larger hazard mitigation assistance system. The winner pattern should not force every hazard project into BRIC.

The first comparison is BRIC versus HMGP. Use BRIC when the project is pre-disaster mitigation and fits the current BRIC competition. Use HMGP when a declared disaster opens state mitigation funding and the project fits that incident's state priorities.

The second comparison is BRIC versus FMA. Flood work with strong flood-insurance and repetitive-loss context may fit FMA better than BRIC, especially when the state FMA queue is clearer.

The third comparison is BRIC versus Public Assistance. PA repairs eligible declared-disaster damage. BRIC reduces future risk before the next disaster. A damaged facility after a declaration should not start with BRIC just because mitigation is part of the rebuild conversation.

The fourth comparison is BRIC versus local capital funding. A water tank, drainage line, or pump station can be necessary and still fail BRIC if the application cannot show future damage reduction, plan alignment, and eligible benefit-cost logic.

3 Real-World Reads From FEMA's FY2023 Selections

According to FEMA's FY2023 narratives, the Placerville water project was listed at $14.6M and focused on water supply protection from wildfire. Applicant read: a utility project can fit when hazard risk and service continuity are clear.

According to FEMA's narratives, the San Bernardino Mission Channel project was listed at $36.4M and focused on flood reduction from Interstate 10 to the Santa Ana River. Applicant read: channel work needs defined hazard, protected assets, and design logic.

According to FEMA's narratives, Sutter County's levee project was listed at $49.9M. Applicant read: large levee work can appear in selection lists, but the current 2026 cap, state route, and later review must be checked before using older amounts.

How To Use This Page

This page gives the source method, selected FEMA examples, current funding rules, and route interpretation. It doesn't include the full selection export.

Use it to decide whether BRIC should stay on the route list before a community spends engineering or grant-writing time. The free grants search lists open FEMA mitigation opportunities.

Sources

FEMA BRIC program page - fema.gov (opens in a new tab)
FEMA March 25, 2026 BRIC announcement - fema.gov (opens in a new tab)
FY2023 BRIC project narratives - fema.gov PDF (opens in a new tab)
Grants.gov BRIC FY2024 and FY2025 listing - grants.gov (opens in a new tab)
FEMA HMA Program and Policy Guide - fema.gov PDF (opens in a new tab)

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find FEMA BRIC winners?

Use FEMA BRIC program pages, official funding notices, and FEMA BRIC subapplication selection narratives. Be careful: a selection narrative is not always the same as a final obligated award.

What is the current BRIC funding posture?

FEMA announced on March 25, 2026 that the FY2024 and FY2025 BRIC opportunity would make $1 billion available. Subapplications were due 3 p.m. ET on July 23, 2026; the period is closed and FEMA says selections will be announced after review.

What did FEMA's FY2023 BRIC selection narratives show?

The FY2023 national-competition narratives included California examples from $14.6 million to $50 million, including water, flood, dam, and levee projects.

Can local governments apply directly to FEMA BRIC?

Eligible applicants are states, territories, the District of Columbia, and federally recognized Tribal Nations. Local governments usually apply as subapplicants through the state or territory route.

Should a community use BRIC for every hazard project?

No. BRIC is usually for plan-backed mitigation projects with benefit-cost and state or Tribal routing. HMGP, FMA, Public Assistance, or local funds may be better.

Last updated October 10, 2026. Corrected October 8, 2026: what changed. Published by Grantsights from public sources. See our editorial policy, how we build and check guides, corrections and how we make money.

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