NIH Plans Closed Sessions for Brain and Heart Research Grants
Published Date: 3/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in April 2025 to review and evaluate grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while deciding which science projects get funding. If you’re a researcher applying for grants in brain, immune, or heart studies, these reviews could impact your funding timeline and chances.
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NIH will review specific grant applications
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold closed meetings to review and evaluate grant applications on specific dates: April 7-8, April 8-9, April 9-10, April 10-11, April 16-17, April 24-25, and May 1-2, 2025. These meetings cover named study sections (for example, Clinical Neuroplasticity and Neurotransmitters; Molecular and Structural Immunology; Innate Immunity; Therapeutic Development and Preclinical Studies; Digestive System Host Defense; Cancer and Hematologic Disorders; HIV Molecular Virology).
Meetings closed to protect confidentiality
The 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 associated with grant applications. The notice explicitly says disclosing that information would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Review panels will meet virtually
All listed review meetings are scheduled as virtual meetings (for example, the Clinical Neuroplasticity meeting on April 7-8, 2025 and the Therapeutic Development meeting on April 10-11, 2025). Each meeting entry in the notice explicitly states 'Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.'
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