The swift actions of the second Trump administration have resulted in suspensions and terminations of broad swaths of contracts and grants. In this article, Andrew Hamilton offers practical guidance regarding terminations of awards used by the United States government to expend appropriated funds by providing financial assistance, i.e., grants and cooperative agreements. In addition to walking through the grant termination process, he offers some commonsense considerations in responding to a termination notice and addressing some recent decisions involving such terminations.
5.15.2025