Secret Science Sessions: NIH Locks Doors on Grant Reviews
Published Date: 5/29/2025
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Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in late June 2025 to review and decide on important grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping fund exciting scientific projects. Researchers and small businesses applying for grants should watch these dates closely, as funding decisions could impact their work and budgets soon.
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Closed NIH Grant Review Meetings in June 2025
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold multiple closed virtual meetings on June 25–27, 2025 to review and evaluate grant applications (panels include Small Business: Bioengineering; Small Business: Musculoskeletal; career development awards; NAMs technology development; infectious disease and immunology; drug discovery; and a Human Brain Single-cell Genomics review). The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, commercial property, and personal information of individuals associated with the applications.
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