# 2024-31448: Medical Scientists Hold Secret Meetings, Tell Public Nothing

2024-31448, National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-02, effective 2025-03-03 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31448
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31448
- Title: National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-02
- Effective: 2025-03-03
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Medical Scientists Hold Secret Meetings, Tell Public Nothing

## Summary

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is holding several closed virtual meetings in March 2025 to review important grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while deciding who gets funding to support medical research. Scientists and research groups applying for these grants should watch for results and updates soon.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed review panels protect secrets: benefit, medium. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is holding closed review meetings under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6). The agency says grant applications and discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information, so the meetings are closed to t…
- Which grant programs get reviewed in March: benefit, low. If you applied to these programs, your applications will be reviewed on the listed dates: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) on March 3-4, 2025; Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Program and SuRE-First (R16) on March 13-14, 2025; and IDeA Clinical and Translational Research Developmen…
- Meetings are virtual with NIH contacts: benefit, low. The listed review meetings will be held as virtual meetings with specific start and end times (for example, March 3-4, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). Each panel lists a NIH contact person and a Bethesda, MD address for inquiries.

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## Sources
- [2024-31448 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/02/2024-31448/national-institute-of-general-medical-sciences-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2024-31448 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-02/pdf/2024-31448.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31448 (as of 2026-06-08).