# 2025-20802: Scientists Hold Secret Meetings to Decide Research Funding

2025-20802, Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-11-25, effective 2025-12-09 (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20802
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53336
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-12-09
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Scientists Hold Secret Meetings to Decide Research Funding

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 9-10, 2025, to review important grant applications. This meeting was delayed due to a government shutdown but is now urgent to keep vital health research funding on track. Scientists and researchers waiting on funding decisions will be affected, with no direct cost changes announced.

## Effects PRIA read

- NIH grant review set for Dec 9–10, 2025: benefit, medium. The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a virtual meeting on December 9–10, 2025 (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) to review and evaluate grant applications. The meeting was delayed by a 43-day government shutdown and is being held urgently so evaluations can be submitted for timely funding recommend…
- Meeting closed to protect applicants' confidentiality: benefit, low. The meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information in grant applications. That means applicants' proprietary and personal details will not be publicly disclosed during the December 9–10,…

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## Sources
- [2025-20802 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20802/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20802 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20802.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20802 (as of 2026-06-08).