Secret Session Funds Tiny Medical Book Ideas
Published Date: 3/17/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Library of Medicine is holding a closed virtual meeting on April 17, 2025, to review special grant applications related to small business research. This meeting is private to protect secret ideas and personal info, so only committee members will join. If you’re involved in these grants, this is when decisions get made—no public access or money changes announced yet.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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SBIR/STTR Applications Kept Confidential
If you applied for an SBIR or STTR grant, your application will be reviewed at a closed meeting on April 17, 2025 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting is closed to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable materials, commercial property, and personal information about people associated with the applications.
Meeting Closed — No Public Access
The National Library of Medicine will hold a virtual, closed meeting on April 17, 2025 to review and evaluate SBIR and STTR grant applications, and the meeting will not be open to the public. Only committee members will attend, and there will be no public access at the meeting to observe deliberations or receive announcements of funding decisions there.
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