# 2025-04286: Private Meetings Review Grants for Hearing Research Innovations

2025-04286, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-03-17, effective 2025-04-02 (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04286
- Title: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 12322
- Published: 2025-03-17
- Effective: 2025-04-02
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Private Meetings Review Grants for Hearing Research Innovations

## 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Virtual grant review meetings set: benefit, low. 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…
- Applicant confidentiality protected: benefit, low. 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 pri…

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## Sources
- [2025-04286 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-04286/national-institute-on-deafness-and-other-communication-disorders-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-04286 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-04286.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04286 (as of 2026-06-08).