NIH Locks Doors for Secret Grant Review Session
Published Date: 7/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is holding a closed meeting on August 20, 2025, to review grant applications. This meeting affects researchers seeking funding and keeps sensitive info private. No money changes are announced, but decisions made here could impact future research funding.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Decisions Could Affect Future Research Funding
The council's agenda is to review and evaluate grant applications on August 20, 2025; decisions made at that review could affect future research funding. No changes to funding amounts are announced in this notice, but applicants’ future award outcomes may be influenced by the meeting's evaluations.
Grant Reviews Held in Closed Session
If you are a researcher with an NHLBI grant application, the advisory council will meet on August 20, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (virtual and Bethesda, MD) and that meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (c)(6). The closure is to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information in the grant applications.
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