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Find similar grantsCounter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program is sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA. This program provides funding to enhance state, local, tribal, and territorial capabilities to detect, identify, track, or monitor unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
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Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program | FEMA. gov Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program The Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program provides funding to enhance state, local, tribal, and territorial capabilities to detect, identify, track, or monitor unmanned aircraft systems.
The program helps combat the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems that pose a threat to the safety and security of the American people, communities, and institutions. FEMA and other federal, state and local partners are helping 11 United States cities welcome millions of Americans and visitors to the World Cup 2026 games this summer.
Preparedness Grants Manual Recipients seeking guidance on policies and procedures for managing preparedness grants should reference this manual for program-specific information as well as overall guidance on rules and regulations. Total funding available for Fiscal Year 2026: $250 million On October 28, 2025, FEMA published the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the C-UAS Grant Program. Awards were announced on December 30, 2025.
Risk Tier State Allocation Tier 1 District of Columbia (on behalf of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) $28,266,328 Tier 1 Florida $23,636,511 Tier 1 New Jersey $21,764,005 Tier 1 New York $17,731,725 Tier 1 Texas $30,276,431 Tier 1 California $34,591,628 Tier 1 Georgia $20,284,936 Tier 1 Kansas $5,341,058 Tier 2 Massachusetts $21,891,527 Tier 2 Missouri $14,240,568 Tier 2 Pennsylvania $12,470,777 Tier 2 Washington $19,504,506 NOFOs and Ancillary Documents Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program The Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 2025 (Pub.
L. No. 119-21, Sec. 90005(a)), provides $500 million in funding to enhance state and local capabilities to detect, identify, track, or monitor unmanned aircraft systems (as defined in 49 U.S.C.
§ 44801), consistent with Titles 18 and 49 of the U.S.C. This funding supports U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in combatting the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems that pose a threat to the safety and security of the American people, communities, and institutions.
Release Date: November 12, 2025 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions Release Date: November 12, 2025 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program Fact Sheet The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing $500 million to enhance the ability of state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to protect the public and critical infrastructure from nefarious or unlawful use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
Release Date: November 10, 2025 Last updated June 9, 2026
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U. S. state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and their subrecipients. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $500,000,000 total (FY26: up to $250,000,000; FY27: up to $250,000,000). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program is funded by Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The FY2026 Homeland Security Grant Program puts more than $1 billion across three programs — State Homeland Security Program, Urban Area Security Initiative ($584M across 44 cities), and Operation Stonegarden — with a July 24, 2026 deadline. But the money comes fenced: 30% to National Priority Areas, 35% to law-enforcement terrorism prevention, plus new 10% border and 3% election minimums. Here is how the spending mandates actually stack, who is eligible, and how to build an Investment Justification that survives them.
Read articleFEMA's FY2026 Homeland Security Grant Program makes more than $1 billion available for terrorism prevention and preparedness — but for the first time ties eligibility to election-security measures: hand-marked paper ballots, 5% post-election audits, and citizenship verification through the SAVE system within 120 days. Local-government groups are calling it federal overreach that could divert 20% of state grants from bomb squads and active-shooter readiness. Applications are due July 24, 2026. This is the full breakdown of the conditions, the money at stake, the controversy, and how state and local applicants should navigate it.
Read articleOn June 24, 2026, FEMA released more than $1.5 billion across the Homeland Security Grant Program, a $300 million Nonprofit Security Grant Program, and six infrastructure-protection programs — all with an application window closing around July 24. This is the definitive breakdown: how SHSP, UASI, Operation Stonegarden, and the transit, port, Amtrak, and intercity-bus grants differ, what the new FY2026 priorities signal, why almost none of the money comes to you directly from FEMA, and the strategy for competing through your State Administrative Agency.
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