NIH Center Holds Secret October Meetings on Research Grant Decisions
Published Date: 8/4/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in October 2025 to review and decide on important research grant applications. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while helping decide who gets funding for cool science projects. If you’re a researcher applying for grants, these reviews could impact your funding and project timing.
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Closed NIH grant review meetings
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold virtual, closed meetings on October 16–17, 2025 to review and evaluate grant applications for several study sections. The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) because discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information of people associated with the applications.
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