Opportunity Information: Apply for DHS 25 GPD 056 00 99
The Fiscal Year 2025 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administered by FEMA that focuses on strengthening security at the nations seaports and maritime terminals. It is one of four DHS/FEMA transportation infrastructure security grant programs designed to reduce risk and improve preparedness against potential terrorist attacks, while also supporting resilience to major disasters and other emergencies that could disrupt critical surface transportation and port operations. The core purpose of PSGP is to help maritime partners take a port-wide approach to risk management and to upgrade both facility security and day-to-day operational security at critical port facilities.
PSGP funding is intended for state, local, and private-sector maritime stakeholders who have a direct role in port security and maritime transportation protection. Eligible applicants include county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, federally recognized tribal governments, and for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses), along with other eligible entities as defined in the program guidance. The program is structured to support security improvements that are clearly tied to maritime security outcomes, meaning proposals need to show a strong connection to preventing, protecting against, mitigating, responding to, and recovering from security threats or incidents affecting port environments.
A key feature of this program is that it supports the full POETE spectrum, which stands for planning, operational, equipment, training, and exercises. In practice, this means applicants can request funds for a broad mix of capability-building activities as long as the project is primarily dedicated to enhancing maritime security. Common examples of eligible projects include purchasing or upgrading patrol vessels, acquiring communications systems to improve coordination among port stakeholders, installing or improving surveillance technologies, implementing cybersecurity enhancements to protect port operational technology and information systems, hiring new security personnel (specifically new positions rather than backfilling existing roles), developing or updating security and response plans, and conducting maritime security training and exercises to test readiness and coordination.
Projects that do not primarily advance maritime security are not eligible. The opportunity explicitly notes that citywide projects or general business-related projects fall outside program scope unless they are clearly and directly focused on maritime security capability enhancement. In other words, the proposal should be anchored in port security needs and demonstrate how the investment measurably improves maritime risk management or security operations at the facility or port area level.
For this funding cycle, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number DHS 25 GPD 056 00 99 and CFDA number 97.056. The program indicates an award ceiling of 90,000,000 and anticipates making about 200 awards. The application window closes on 2025-08-15. Applications must be submitted through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO) at https://go.fema.gov/, which is FEMA standard platform for federal preparedness grant applications and related documentation.Apply for DHS 25 GPD 056 00 99
- The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2025 Port Security Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.056.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-01.
- 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 $90,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Others.
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