My partner was told they needed 1 final signature to be awarded their career-making grant. Is that now on hold?

Apologies if this is a silly question. I've been reading through this sub to try and get an answer to this, but it's all a bit difficult for me to parse.

My partner has a grant that they submitted to NIH ages and ages ago. This is the sort of grant that would make their career, guarantee them tenure, and launch the next 10+ years of their research focus.

They got an incredible score, made any requested corrections, and have been providing additional information as requested in the last 4 weeks. (Conversations around budget were in early October last year.)

Their last communication with their person (I don't recall this person's role) said "We're in the process of getting the final signature. Thank you for your patience as this process plays out." That was on Monday.

My partner is now terrified that they won't be awarded the grant. Or that it'll be on an extended, months-long freeze.

Does anyone here have any insight as to whether getting that final signature on an award letter would be held up by the latest executive action?

Again, sorry if this is a silly question. Just a partner trying to help out the loveliest public health researching human who is feeling the tug of the catatonic.