NIH Locks Doors on Cancer and Heart Grant Reviews for January Secrecy Spree
Published Date: 12/9/2025
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in early January 2026 to review and decide on important grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping decide who gets funding for cancer, heart, and neuroscience research. Scientists and small businesses applying for grants should watch these dates closely as they impact who gets money to fuel new discoveries.
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Small‑Business Grant Panels in January
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold closed virtual panels that review Small Business grant applications on January 8, 2026 (Cardiovascular Biology and Hematology) and January 29, 2026 (Cancer Therapeutics). If you are a small business applying for these NIH grants, those meetings are when reviewers evaluate applications and decide who receives funding.
Research & Fellowship Reviews in January
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold closed virtual meetings on January 7-8, 2026 (Cancer Center Support Grants), January 9, 2026 (Fellowships: Clinical Neuroscience), January 14, 2026 (Musculoskeletal Sciences), January 21, 2026 (HIV molecular virology and related topics), and January 29, 2026 (Health Services, Clinical Informatics, and Digital Health) to review and evaluate grant and fellowship applications. If you are a scientist, trainee, or institution that applied to these programs, these are the dates when reviewers evaluate applications and funding decisions are made.
Meetings Closed to Protect Trade Secrets
The meetings listed are closed to the public 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; the notice says disclosure would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. This protects applicants' proprietary and personal information during the January 2026 reviews.
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