Funder: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Application submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: FY 2026 awards: $50,000–$963,000; estimated total funding: $2,346,900
Summary: Supports earthquake safety, mitigation, and resilience activities by states and territories with high to very high seismic risk.
Key Information: Direct applicants must be eligible states or territories; nonprofits and higher education institutions may participate through multi-state group subawards.
Description
FEMA’s Individual State Earthquake Assistance (ISEA) program provides noncompetitive grants to eligible states and territories to establish earthquake hazards reduction programs and implement earthquake safety, mitigation, and resilience activities at state and local levels. Part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) State Assistance Program, it aims to reduce risks to life and property from future earthquakes.
Supported work includes seismic mitigation planning, hazard vulnerability and risk data analysis, building and infrastructure inventories, seismic safety evaluations, and preparation for post-earthquake inspections. Funding also supports building codes and zoning ordinances, earthquake awareness and education, emergency management exercises, earthquake insurance outreach, and National Earthquake Program Managers meeting participation. Earth science research is excluded, and funded seismic planning must align with or support the state’s approved Hazard Mitigation Plan.
