More Secret NIH Sessions to Pick Research Winners
Published Date: 9/22/2025
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings on November 6-7, 2025, to review important grant applications in health research fields like maternal health, cancer immunology, and biomedical imaging. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets while deciding who gets funding. Researchers and institutions applying for grants should note these dates as they impact funding decisions but don’t involve public access or new costs.
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NIH closed grant review meetings
If you are a researcher or an institution applying for NIH grants in fields like maternal health, cancer immunology, biomedical imaging, and related areas, NIH review panels will meet virtually to review and evaluate applications on November 6-7, 2025 (and November 10, 2025 for some panels). These meetings are closed and will determine which grant applications advance toward funding decisions.
Small-business grant panel meeting
If you are a small business applying to NIH for research-related funding (the notice lists a 'Small Business: Social and Community Influences across the Lifecourse' panel), that panel will meet virtually on November 6-7, 2025 to review and evaluate applications. Small business applicants should note these dates because the panel’s reviews are part of deciding grant awards.
Meetings closed to public to protect privacy
The review meetings will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) because grant discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets, commercial property, or personal information. The closures protect applicants’ confidential information and mean the public cannot attend these deliberations.
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