# 2025-04249: Secret NIH Meetings to Fund Drug Research: Who's Getting the Cash?

2025-04249, National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-03-17, effective Meetings scheduled April 15, 2025; April 22, 2025; and May 1, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04249
- Title: National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 12324
- Published: 2025-03-17
- Effective: Meetings scheduled April 15, 2025; April 22, 2025; and May 1, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Secret NIH Meetings to Fund Drug Research: Who's Getting the Cash?

## Summary

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is holding three secret virtual meetings in April and May 2025 to review grant applications for drug research and related projects. These closed meetings protect private info and trade secrets while deciding how federal money supports important science. Researchers and organizations applying for grants should watch these dates closely as funding decisions are made.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-04249 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-04249/national-institute-on-drug-abuse-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-04249 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-04249.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04249 (as of 2026-06-08).