FY2027

FY2027 UASI Grant:

Important Dates:

Internal Jurisdiction Application Deadlines (hard deadlines)
Jurisdiction Due date
Baytown (Leasa Lopez) TBD
Brazoria County (Markus Trower) TBD
Fort Bend County (Rodney Grimmer and Shenae Mericle) TBD
Galveston County (Jesse Ryholt) TBD
Harris County (Andrea Thomas & LaKeitha Jones) TBD
Houston (Alison Belcher & Steven Scandole) 01/04/2027
Montgomery County (Mark Seals) TBD
Pasadena (Azell Carter) TBD
  • TBD: UASI programmatic management team review and analysis of applications
  • TBD: applications sent to committee chairs
  • TBD: UASI committee meetings and application scoring
  • TBD: FEMA releases NOFO
  • TBD: Allocation
  • TBD: State of Texas OOG RFA posted and eGrants UASI application kit opens
  • TBD: all approved UASI projects (from the allocation list) entered and certified in eGrants

Application Documents:

  • FY2027 UASI Application form NOTE: open this form in Adobe Acrobat; PDF forms are not supported by all web browsers.
  • FY2027 UASI Budget worksheet NOTE: open this form in the Excel desktop app; some Excel functions are not supported by office 365.
  • FY2027 UASI Package Coversheet

Supplemental application materials:

  • Controlled/ prohibited equipment assurance

Sample Application:

Naming convention

  • [title]: full name of your project as entered in application form and budget
  • [jurisdiction]: a uniform abbreviation of your jurisdiction (e.g., COH, MC, HC, BAY)
  • [type]: either “aform”, “budget”, or “supp” (supplemental, only as needed!)
  • Convention: FY2027 UASI – [title]_[jurisdiction]_[type]

Examples (naming convention):

  • FY2027 UASI – HFD Hazmat Sustainment_COH_aform
  • FY2027 UASI – HFD Hazmat Sustainment_COH_budget
  • FY2027 UASI – HFD Hazmat Sustainment_COH_supp
  • Related project files should have the same project name and jurisdiction

*Applications submitted that do not follow the naming convention will be rejected

Supporting Documents:

  • FY2027 UASI application workshop kickoff slides
  • FY2027 UASI Programmatic Management Information Bulletin (IB)
  • FY2027 UASI guidance for video applications
  • FY2027 UASI guidance for ballistic protection applications
  • FY2025 UASI guidance for CIKR Cyber applications
  • FY2027 UASI guidance for interoperable communication applications
  • FY2027 UASI guidance for sUAS (small Unmanned Aircraft Systems) applications
  • Aircraft and sUAS Waiver Request Form
  • 2023-2027 Houston UASI HS Strategic Plan (password protected)
  • CY2027 Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP) (password protected)
  • State of Texas Homeland Security-Priority Actions (2026-2030)
  • 2026 SPR Gap Statements (password protected)
  • Authorized Equipment List (AEL) Codes
  • 2018 UASI Application Budget Codes from HSGD
  • 2026 Special Response Typed Teams in the H-GAC Region
  • Resource Typing Library Tool
  • Activities and Measures from HSGD
  • FY2027 Homeland Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (will be posted after release, reference 2025)

Background information and grant resources