Opportunity Information: Apply for DHS 25 IPAWS 138 00 99
The Fiscal Year 2025 Next Generation Warning System Grant Program is a FEMA discretionary funding opportunity designed to modernize and strengthen public alerting and warning capabilities. The overall focus is on helping eligible governments identify gaps in their current alert-and-warning systems and then implement practical solutions that improve how quickly, reliably, and securely emergency information reaches the public. A second, closely related goal is protecting critical infrastructure by ensuring warning and communications pathways remain effective even as technology shifts and threats evolve.
This program is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means FEMA expects an active partnership with recipients rather than a purely hands-off reimbursement model. In practice, recipients will coordinate with FEMA to explore flexible, innovative, and forward-looking approaches to emergency alert dissemination. The opportunity is framed around the reality that the warning ecosystem is changing fast: people consume information differently than they did even a few years ago, new distribution platforms appear quickly, and cybersecurity risks to communications systems continue to rise. Projects supported under this grant are meant to account for those conditions and strengthen resiliency and reach across multiple channels.
A defining feature of the program is its emphasis on expanding and adapting distribution pathways for alerts and warnings beyond traditional methods. FEMA highlights a range of existing and emerging options that may be part of funded projects, including streaming services, sirens, giant-voice systems, satellites, internet-connected devices, and other technical solutions that can improve dissemination. The intent is to support systems that can reach people where they are, reduce single points of failure, and better match modern public expectations for receiving urgent information while maintaining reliability during disasters and other high-impact incidents.
Eligibility is limited to state governments and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The assistance listing (CFDA) number associated with the program is 97.138, and the funding activity category is Disaster Prevention and Relief. FEMA expects to make about five awards under this opportunity, with an award ceiling of $40,000,000. The opportunity number is DHS 25 IPAWS 138 00 99, and the original application closing date is August 15, 2025. The posting (creation) date is August 6, 2025.
Applications must be submitted through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO). Applicants access and complete submissions in the GO system at https://go.fema.gov/.Apply for DHS 25 IPAWS 138 00 99
- The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2025 Next Generation Warning System Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.138.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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