FY2026 UASI Grant:
Important Dates:
- December 9th and 11th: Application kickoff webinars (MANDATORY TO ATTEND ONE)
- Application workshops
- February 2, 2026: applications due to the UASI by 5:00 PM (HARD DEADLINE)
| Internal Jurisdiction Application Deadlines (hard deadlines) | |
| Jurisdiction | Due date |
| Baytown (Leasa Lopez) | 01/16/2026 |
| Brazoria County (Steve Rosa) | 01/09/2026 |
| Fort Bend County (Rodney Grimmer and Shenae Mericle) | 01/09/2026 |
| Galveston County (Jesse Ryholt) | 01/16/2026 |
| Harris County (Andrea Thomas & LaKeitha Jones) | 01/09/2026 |
| Houston (Alison Belcher & Steven Scandole) | 01/09/2026 |
| Montgomery County (Mark Seals) | 01/16/2026 |
| Pasadena (Azell Carter) | 01/23/2026 |
- 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:
- FY2026 UASI Application form NOTE: open this form in Adobe Acrobat; PDF forms are not supported by all web browsers.
- FY2026 UASI Budget worksheet NOTE: open this form in the Excel desktop app; some Excel functions are not supported by office 365.
- FY2026 UASI Package Coversheet
Supplemental application materials:
Sample Application:
- FY2026 UASI Application form_SAMPLE
- FY2026 UASI Budget worksheet_SAMPLE
- FY2025 UASI Application form_SAMPLE
- FY2025 UASI Budget worksheet_SAMPLE
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: FY2026 UASI – [title]_[jurisdiction]_[type]
Examples (naming convention):
- FY2026 UASI – HFD Hazmat Sustainment_COH_aform
- FY2026 UASI – HFD Hazmat Sustainment_COH_budget
- FY2026 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:
- FY2025 UASI application workshop kickoff slides
- FY2026 UASI Programmatic Management Information Bulletin (IB)
- FY2025 EC Guidance
- FY2026 UASI guidance for video applications
- FY2026 UASI guidance for ballistic protection applications
- FY2025 UASI guidance for CIKR Cyber applications
- FY2025 UASI guidance for interoperable communication applications
- FY2026 UASI guidance for sUAS (small Unmanned Aircraft Systems) applications
- 2023-2027 Houston UASI HS Strategic Plan (password protected)
- CY2025 Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP) (password protected)
- State of Texas Homeland Security—Priority Actions (2021-2025)
- 2025 SPR Gap Statements (password protected)
- Authorized Equipment List (AEL) Codes
- 2018 UASI Application Budget Codes from HSGD
- 2024 Special Response Typed Teams in the H-GAC Region (2025)
- Resource Typing Library Tool
- Activities and Measures from HSGD
- FY2025 Homeland Security Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (will be posted after release, reference 2025)
Background information and grant resources
- FEMA HSGP (Homeland Security Grant Program) webpage
- Short Wikipedia entry on UASI
- FEMA HSGP overview
- Previous grant year’s information pages and links
- FY2025
- FY2024
- FY2023