# 2025-20709: NIH Locks Doors for Secret Science Sessions Again

2025-20709, Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-12-16 (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20709
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 52980
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2025-12-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NIH Locks Doors for Secret Science Sessions Again

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 16-17, 2025, to review secret grant applications about brain disorders and addictions. These private sessions protect sensitive info like personal details and trade secrets. Researchers waiting on funding decisions should mark their calendars—this meeting helps decide who gets support next!

## Effects PRIA read

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## Sources
- [2025-20709 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20709/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20709 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20709.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20709 (as of 2026-06-08).