Alcohol Agency Eyes Booze-Proof Smart Gun Locks?
Published Date: 3/21/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is holding a private virtual meeting on April 24, 2025, to review secret contract proposals about alcohol-activated firearm safety systems. This affects companies and researchers working on these new safety technologies, with no public access to protect privacy and trade secrets. The meeting helps decide which projects get funding and support, moving us closer to safer firearm storage solutions.
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Closed review of firearm-safety proposals
If you are a company or researcher who submitted a contract proposal for alcohol-activated firearm locking systems, your proposal will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on April 24, 2025 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information, and it will review and evaluate proposals that could lead to funding and support under the NIH Alcohol Research Programs (Catalogue No. 93.273).
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