Secret Zoom Calls Decide Allergy Research Funding
Published Date: 3/21/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is holding two closed video meetings in April 2025 to review important grant applications. These meetings affect researchers seeking funding for allergy, immunology, and infectious disease projects, ensuring privacy and protecting sensitive info. No direct money changes are announced, but these reviews help decide who gets research support.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Closed AITC Grant Review Meeting
If you applied for NIAID funding for allergy, immunology, or transplantation research, your grant application will be reviewed in a closed video meeting on April 18, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information associated with applications.
Closed T32 Supplement Review Meeting
If your institution applied for competitive revision supplements to existing T32 programs to include institutional research training in data science for infectious and immune-mediated diseases, those applications will be reviewed in a closed video meeting on April 28, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to prevent disclosure of confidential commercial information and personal data.
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