# 2025-04247: Joint Pain in Private: NIH's Secret Skin and Bone Grant Sessions

2025-04247, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-03-17, effective 2025-04-14 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04247
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04247
- Title: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 12321
- Published: 2025-03-17
- Effective: 2025-04-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Joint Pain in Private: NIH's Secret Skin and Bone Grant Sessions

## Summary

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is holding two secret virtual meetings in April 2025 to review grant applications. These closed meetings protect private info and trade secrets while deciding who gets research funding. Researchers applying for grants should note these dates as they impact funding decisions for important health studies.

## Effects PRIA read

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## Sources
- [2025-04247 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-04247/national-institute-of-arthritis-and-musculoskeletal-and-skin-diseases-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-04247 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-04247.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04247 (as of 2026-06-08).