Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Published Date: 2/10/2026
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in March 2026 to review and decide on important research grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping decide who gets funding for cool science projects. If you’re involved in neuroscience, cancer nanotech, or nerve disease research, these reviews could impact your funding timeline and opportunities.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Closed virtual grant review meetings
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold closed virtual meetings on March 10-11, March 12-13, and March 13, 2026 to review and evaluate grant applications for study sections including Neurotoxicology and Alcohol, Cancer Nanotechnology, Guillain-Barré Syndrome/Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (GBS/CIDP), and Cell Structure and Function. If you are involved in those research areas, these reviews will affect decisions about who receives NIH research funding and could change your funding timeline or opportunities.
Applicant privacy and trade-secret protection
The meetings are closed to the public under Title 5 U.S.C. sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, commercial property, and personal information in grant applications. This protects applicants' confidential and personal data during the March 2026 virtual review meetings.
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