Government Announces Secret Science Meetings, Tells Us Nothing
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 decide on important research grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping decide which brain, lung, heart, and digestive system studies get funding. If you’re a researcher waiting on grants, these reviews shape who gets money and when.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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NIH grant applications reviewed in February
If you are a researcher with an NIH grant application, your application will be reviewed and evaluated in closed Center for Scientific Review meetings on specific dates in February 2025 (for example, Feb 6-7, Feb 11-12, Feb 13-14, and Feb 13). These reviews decide which brain, lung, heart, digestive system, and related studies get funding and when funding decisions are made.
Closed meetings to protect confidential information
The meetings will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information in grant applications. That means discussions about applications and any sensitive commercial or personal details will not be disclosed publicly during these review sessions.
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