NIH Schedules Closed Sessions for Grant Reviews in September
Published Date: 8/7/2025
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in September 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. Researchers applying for grants in medical imaging, inner ear studies, and cancer research should note these dates as their funding fate is being discussed.
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Closed Reviews Protect Applicant Privacy
If you applied for one of the NIH grants listed, the review meetings in September 2025 are closed to the public. The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information about applicants.
S10 Instrumentation Grants Reviewed Sept 16-17
If you applied to the PAR panel for Medical Imaging, Radiation, Metabolism and Electrophysiology Instrumentation (S10) grant programs, your application will be reviewed on September 16-17, 2025 in a virtual meeting. Those dates are when funding decisions for those applications will be discussed.
Inner Ear Imaging RFA Reviewed Sept 24
If you applied to RFA-DC-25-005 (In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging for Inner Ear Visualization), your application will be reviewed on September 24, 2025 in a virtual meeting. That is the date the panel will review and evaluate those grant applications.
R15 Oncological Sciences Reviews Sept 25
If you applied for the NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) in Oncological Sciences, your application will be reviewed on September 25, 2025 in a virtual meeting. The panel will review and evaluate these R15 grant applications on that date.
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