Health Agency Announces Secret Meeting, Refuses to Elaborate Further
Published Date: 1/15/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is holding a private virtual meeting on February 20-21, 2025, to review important grant applications. This meeting affects researchers seeking funding for heart, lung, and blood disease studies and keeps sensitive info safe. No public access means the review process stays fair and confidential, helping good science get the support it needs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Closed NIH Grant Review Meeting
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will hold a closed virtual meeting on February 20–21, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each day to review and evaluate grant applications for the Heart, Lung, and Blood Initial Review Group. The meeting is closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6).
Protection of Trade Secrets and Privacy
The meeting is closed because the grant applications and discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property (such as patentable material) and personal information about individuals, disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. This closure is intended to keep that sensitive information private during the review.
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