Fourth Secret Science Meeting Because Why Not
Published Date: 11/25/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 21-22, 2026, to review cancer research grant applications. These private sessions protect sensitive info like trade secrets and personal details. Researchers applying for funding should note this important review step, but no new costs or deadlines are introduced.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Closed virtual grant review meeting
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting to review cancer research grant applications on January 21–22, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Applicants and researchers should note this scheduled review step; the meeting is listed as virtual and addressed to NIH, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD.
Applicant confidentiality protections affirmed
The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, commercial property (including patentable material), and personal information of individuals associated with grant applications. This closure is intended to prevent disclosure of sensitive applicant information.
No new costs or deadlines introduced
The notice states that researchers applying for funding should note the review step, but that no new costs or deadlines are introduced by this meeting. Applicants will not face additional fees or changed submission deadlines as a result of this meeting.
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