EDA FY25 Disaster Supplemental

The Economic Development Administration is soliciting applications for the FY25 Disaster Supplemental grant program, with a March 3, 2026 deadline at 5:00 pm Eastern Time for the Industry Transformation Path and ongoing rolling admissions for the Readiness and Implementation Paths, to award up to $1,447,000,000 to communities recovering from hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024.

Eligible applicants include district organizations of EDA-designated Economic Development Districts, Indian tribes or consortia of Indian tribes, state and local political subdivisions and consortia, institutions of higher education and consortia, public or private nonprofits acting in cooperation with political subdivisions, economic development organizations, and public-private partnerships for public infrastructure. For-profit entities and individuals are ineligible.

The program operates three distinct funding pathways. The Readiness Path funds standalone non-construction projects—strategy development, capacity building, and predevelopment costs—to increase community readiness to access future disaster recovery funding, with awards ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. The Implementation Path funds construction and non-construction projects addressing immediate post-disaster economic challenges, with awards from $100,000 to $5,000,000 for non-construction projects and $2,000,000 to $20,000,000 for construction projects. The Industry Transformation Path funds large-scale, multicomponent construction and non-construction portfolios led by coalitions of regional stakeholders, designed to fundamentally transform a region's economic trajectory through industry development or acceleration, with expected awards between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000.

EDA generally funds up to 80 percent of eligible project costs. Project periods typically range from 12 to 24 months for strategy and non-construction work and 12 to 48 months for construction, expected to be completed within five years from award date.

Applications are reviewed through a two-stage process: Competitiveness Review screens against pass-fail criteria, and surviving applications advance to Investment Review Committee merit evaluation weighted equally on feasibility, stakeholder support and involvement, economic resilience, alignment with other public or private investments, regional distress degree, job creation and retention potential, private investment promotion, and alignment with EDA's current Investment Priorities. For workforce projects, the extent of project incorporation of workforce requirements receives weight equal to the combined weight of the eight core criteria.

This opportunity operates under CFDA 11.307, Economic Adjustment Assistance.