# 2025-20717: NIH Closes Doors for Yet Another Science Meeting

2025-20717, 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 2025-12-02 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20717
- 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: 2025-12-02
- 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 Yet Another Science Meeting

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 2, 2025, to review important grant applications for health research. This meeting was delayed due to a government shutdown but is now urgent to keep funding on track for key medical studies. Scientists and small businesses working on therapies for developmental and psychiatric disorders are directly affected.

## Effects PRIA read

- NIH Grant Review Meeting Scheduled: benefit, medium. The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting on December 2, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. to review and evaluate grant applications for therapeutic development targeting developmental, psychiatric, and substance use disorders. If you are a scientist or small business…
- 43-Day Shutdown Caused Funding Delay: mixed, medium. The meeting was canceled earlier because of a 43-day government shutdown due to lapsed appropriations and is being held urgently so evaluations can be sent to national advisory councils for timely funding recommendations. If you applied for these NIH grants, the shutdown caused a delay in review, a…
- Meeting Closed to Protect Trade Secrets: benefit, low. The meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (c)(6) because grant discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, or personal information. If your grant application contains proprietary or personal information, the closed meeting protects those…

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## Sources
- [2025-20717 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20717/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20717 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20717.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20717 (as of 2026-06-08).