Private Meetings Review Grants for Hearing Research Innovations
Published Date: 3/17/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is holding two private virtual meetings in early April 2025 to review grant applications from small businesses. These closed sessions protect sensitive info like trade secrets and personal details. This process helps decide who gets funding to support research on hearing and communication disorders.
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Virtual grant review meetings set
If you run a small business that applied for NIDCD funding, the NIH will hold virtual meetings to review your grant applications on April 2, 2025 (12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.) and April 4, 2025 (12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.). These sessions will evaluate applications for the NIDCD Hearing and Balance Small Business review and the NIDCD VSL Small Business grant program and help decide who receives research funding.
Applicant confidentiality protected
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. If you submitted an application, sensitive business and personal details in your submission will be kept private during the review.
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