Suspension
A temporary bar on receiving federal awards, imposed immediately on adequate evidence while a matter is investigated. It takes effect before any finding, which is what makes it different in kind from debarment.
Part of the GrantTrove grant funding glossary — one entry for every field the catalogue stores.
Also called Suspended · Temporary exclusion
In detail
Because it is immediate, it can land while an organisation is mid-application and mid-award. Existing awards may be stopped as well as new ones blocked.
It is intended to protect the government’s interest rather than to punish, and it ends either with reinstatement or with a debarment proceeding. Because it is provisional, an organisation under suspension is frequently still operating normally in every respect except its ability to receive new federal money.
Against a stop-work order
A suspension bars new awards government-wide. A stop-work order halts activity on one specific award. An organisation can be under one without the other. Neither is a field here, because both are facts about a recipient and a live system holds them.
How GrantTrove stores it
- Nothing about an applicant is stored, and the eligibility fields describe what the notice said rather than who is currently able to receive money.
- Where a notice states a registration or standing requirement, that wording is kept in `elig_note` in the source’s own words.
Common questions
Can a suspension be lifted?
Yes, if the matter resolves. Otherwise it may proceed to debarment.
Does it stop an award already running?
It can. The agency decides on the specific award.
Is it public?
It appears in the federal exclusions list, which is public.