Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Published Date: 1/15/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in February 2025 to review and evaluate grant applications. These meetings affect researchers applying for funding, keeping sensitive info private while deciding who gets money. If you’re involved in cancer, neuroscience, health promotion, or cell biology research, these reviews could impact your grant timing and funding chances.
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NIH grant review meetings scheduled Feb 10-13
If you apply for NIH research grants in the listed fields, your applications will be reviewed and evaluated in virtual meetings held February 10–13, 2025. The notice lists specific study sections (for example, Radiation Therapeutics and Biology; Auditory System; Health Promotion in Communities; Cell Structure and Function; Social and Environmental Determinants of Health; Innovations in Nanosystems and Nanotechnology; Kidney and Urological Systems) and gives meeting times and contact officers.
Reviews closed to protect confidential information
The meetings will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) because the grant applications and discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property (such as patentable material) and personal information about individuals. The closure is intended to prevent an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and protect proprietary material.
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