Secret NIH Huddle: Alzheimer's Grants Get Private Review in Virtual Shadows
Published Date: 3/20/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Institute on Aging is holding a closed virtual meeting on April 11, 2025, to review grant applications focused on managing early and late Alzheimer's disease. This meeting affects researchers seeking funding and keeps sensitive info private. No money changes now, but decisions could impact future Alzheimer's research funding.
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NIH grant review for Alzheimer’s clinical trials
If you are a researcher seeking NIH funding for clinical trials on early- or late-stage Alzheimer’s disease, your grant applications will be reviewed at a closed virtual meeting on April 11, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The meeting will evaluate and decide on grant applications, and those decisions could affect future Alzheimer's research funding.
Confidential review to protect trade secrets and privacy
The meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information of applicants. If you apply for these grants, the review process will keep commercially sensitive information and personal data private.
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