# 2025-20633: NIH Closes Doors for Brain Grant Reviews in January 2026

2025-20633, Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-11-21, effective 2026-01-28 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20633
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 52689
- Published: 2025-11-21
- Effective: 2026-01-28
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NIH Closes Doors for Brain Grant Reviews in January 2026

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 28-29, 2026, to review grant applications about brain disorders. These meetings are private to protect secret ideas and personal info, affecting researchers applying for funding. No registration is needed, and this helps keep the grant process fair and secure without any direct cost impact.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed NIH Grant Review Meeting: benefit, low. If you are a researcher applying for NIH grants about neurodevelopmental or neuropsychiatric disorders, your applications will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on January 28-29, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The meeting is closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to p…

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## Sources
- [2025-20633 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/21/2025-20633/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20633 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/2025-20633.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20633 (as of 2026-06-08).