Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 27-28, 2026, to review grant applications about sensory technologies like vision and hearing. These meetings are private to protect secret business info and personal details. This affects small businesses applying for grants and helps keep their ideas safe while deciding who gets funding.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Confidential Grant Reviews Protect Small Firms
The NIH review panel will hold a closed virtual meeting on January 27-28, 2026 to review grant applications for sensory technologies. The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (c)(6) because discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, commercial property, and personal information, which protects small businesses’ ideas during funding decisions.
Public Excluded From Grant Review Meetings
The Center for Scientific Review’s meeting on January 27-28, 2026 (9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., virtual) is closed to the public. Because the meeting is closed under the cited sections of law, members of the public cannot observe the review and evaluation of these grant applications.
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