Apply For Grant Projects

Apply For Grant Funding

Each year, the Bay Area UASI opens the Webgrants portal for eligible applicants to submit project proposals for grant funding.

Each applicant submits projects to be implemented within five main categories: Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training, or Exercise. A risk-based formula is used to determine funding allocations across the San Francisco Bay Area urban risk area into four different “Hubs.” Hubs prioritize submitted projects against their allocated funding and determine which projects are selected for funding. Once projects have been selected for funding, the Bay Area UASI applies for the grant through the State of California’s Office of Emergency Management. Upon receiving a grant award letter, MOUs are released to subrecipients awarded funding.  
 

FY26 UASI Grant Project Proposal Kick-Off Meeting Recording

FY26 HSGP UASI Grant Project Proposal Kick-Off Meeting Slides

FY26 Project Proposal Guidance

Grants

The City and County of San Francisco serves as the fiscal agent (grant recipient) for the Bay Area UASI.  The Bay Area UASI implements all programs and projects on behalf of 14 different jurisdictions as sub-recipients: the City and County of San Francisco, County of Alameda, County of Contra Costa, County of Marin, County of Monterey, County of Napa, County of San Benito, County of San Mateo, County of Santa Clara, County of Santa Cruz, County of Solano, County of Sonoma, City of Oakland, and City of San Jose. All grant-funded projects are applied for and implemented based on priorities of the sub-recipients and their residents. 

Manage Grants

Webgrants is the portal used by the Bay Area UASI to track applications, acceptances, and progress for all grant projects. 

Access Webgrants

Compliance Forms

The Bay Area UASI and its programs are funded by three different federal grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

  • Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant

    Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and passed through the State of California, the UASI grant assists high-threat, high-density urban areas to build, sustain, and deliver the capabilities necessary to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.  UASI-funded projects must align with priority areas set by the Department of Homeland Security, and address capability gaps identified through required threat and hazard risk identification analysis. 

  • Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP)

    Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), RCPGP supports the building of core capabilities essential to achieving a secure and resilient nation by providing resources to close known capability gaps, encouraging innovative regional solutions to issues related to catastrophic incidents, and building on existing regional efforts. 

  • Securing the Cities (STC) program

    Funded by the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD), STC seeks to detect the unauthorized use of radiological and nuclear materials in order to protect residents, critical infrastructure, and natural resources against threats posed by radiological or nuclear materials. This program provides detection equipment, training, exercise support, operational and technical subject matter expertise, and programmatic support to develop regionally coordinated detection capabilities.