NIH Locks Doors on Boring Grant Review Meetings
Published Date: 3/10/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in April 2025 to review and decide on important grant applications related to brain science and health. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping decide who gets research funding. Scientists applying for grants should note these dates as they impact which projects get money.
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Multiple closed grant review meetings in April
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold multiple closed virtual meetings to review and evaluate grant applications on specific dates in April 2025, including April 3–4, April 7–8, April 8–9, April 10–11, April 14–15, April 15–16, April 16–17, April 17–18, and April 21–22. If you are a scientist who submitted a grant application to these listed study sections, these are the dates when those applications will be reviewed and evaluated.
Reviews closed to protect trade secrets and privacy
These meetings will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, commercial property (such as patentable material), and personal information about individuals associated with the grant applications. If you submitted an application, this means details of your application and personal data will be kept confidential during the April 2025 review meetings.
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