Eligibility Requirements for Exercise Support

All exercise support request must be sponsored by an SLTT government organization.

Nonprofit, private sector, and federal entities can submit requests on the condition that the support request is co-sponsored by an SLTT government organization. Academic institutions which are state-funded can receive support without a co-sponsor. Private academic institutions must have a request that is co-sponsored by an SLTT government organization.

All support requests must be reviewed by the appropriate FEMA Regional Exercise Officer (REO) prior to submission.

• Discussion-based exercises support will only be provided for with a conduct date of January 2, 2024, or later.
• Operations-based exercises support will only be provided for with a conduct date of April 17, 2024, or later.

It is possible to receive support for an exercise series. You can choose to either submit multiple exercises from a series to the same round or split submissions over multiple rounds depending on development timeline. You are required to submit separate Exercise Support Requests for each exercise in your series.

It is not guaranteed that every exercise submitted as part of a series will be accepted for NED support.

Real-world After-Action Report development is not eligible for NED support; any submitted support requests for real-world After-Action Reports will not be considered.

Exercise sponsors should coordinate closely with their appropriate Regional Exercise Officer (REO) throughout the exercise support process.