NIH Locks Doors on Secret Grant Review Sessions This Summer
Published Date: 7/7/2025
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings this summer to review and decide on important research grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping decide who gets funding to study health topics like population health, Alzheimer's, and pain. Researchers and institutions waiting on grants should note these dates in late July and early August 2025.
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