Alternative Health Grants Reviewed: Pain Relief Ideas in Hiding
Published Date: 3/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health is holding a closed virtual meeting from April 21-23, 2025, to review special grant applications focused on pain management research. This meeting affects researchers applying for funding and keeps sensitive info private. No money changes now, but decisions could impact future research funding.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Your HEAL grant reviewed April 21-23
If you are a researcher applying for the HEAL Initiative (NIH–DOD–VA) Pain Management Collaboratory UG3/UH3 clinical trial demonstration project grants, your application will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on April 21–23, 2025. The panel’s agenda is to review and evaluate grant applications for those demonstration projects.
Applicant trade secrets and privacy protected
The meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, commercial property (such as patentable material), and personal information tied to the grant applications. If you submitted an application, that confidential information will not be publicly disclosed during this review.
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