Federal Grant Cancellation
7 proceedings tracked · Active
A wave of federal grant cancellations in early 2025 targeted universities, nonprofits, and state agencies, often citing diversity-equity-inclusion programs, foreign-student enrollment policies, or alignment with the administration's ideological priorities. Litigation has challenged both the procedural grounds for cancellation (failure to follow grant-agreement terms and APA rulemaking requirements) and the First Amendment implications of conditioning federal funds on speech-related criteria.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 1:25-cv-10814
D. Mass. grant cancellation challenge before Judge Young contesting targeted terminations of university research grants tied to DEI program policies.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 1:25-cv-03514
Fall 2025 grant cancellation challenge brought by a nonprofit whose federal grant was terminated without following the notice-and-cure procedures required by the grant agreement.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 1:25-cv-00510
APA challenge to the cancellation of a federal grant on ideological grounds, arguing the agency failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons as required under Chevron's successor doctrine.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 1:25-cv-03606
Grant cancellation suit raising First Amendment unconstitutional-conditions claims against the administration's practice of terminating grants tied to applicant speech or associations.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 1:25-cv-03646
University consortium challenge to the cancellation of research grants citing the grantees' enrollment of international students or adoption of DEI policies.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 2:25-cv-02015
State agency grant cancellation challenge asserting the termination violated the Spending Clause's requirement that conditions on federal funding be unambiguously stated in advance.
Federal Grant Cancellation
Case No. 1:26-cv-01061
2026 grant cancellation proceeding reflecting continued targeted terminations, with First Amendment and APA claims aligned with earlier cluster precedents.