2025-04239Notice

Booze Brains Behind Closed Doors: NIH's Secret Alcohol Tool Reviews

Published Date: 3/17/2025

Notice

Summary

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is holding a private virtual meeting on April 11, 2025, to review contract proposals for new data science tools to speed up alcohol research. This meeting affects researchers and companies submitting proposals, with discussions kept secret to protect personal info and trade secrets. No direct money changes are announced, but the contracts reviewed could lead to future funding.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Closed review protects proposals

If you are a researcher or company submitting a contract proposal, your proposal will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on April 11, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information about individuals linked to the proposals.

Review may lead to future contracts

The panel will review contract proposals for data science tools on April 11, 2025, and those proposals could result in future contract funding for successful researchers or companies. The notice states no direct money changes are announced now, but the contracts reviewed could lead to later funding opportunities related to alcohol research.

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Key Dates

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3/17/2025
4/11/2025

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