# 2025-20814: Scientists Hold Secret Meetings to Decide Research Funding

2025-20814, 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 2026-01-28 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20814
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20814
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53337
- Published: 2025-11-25
- 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

Scientists Hold Secret Meetings to Decide Research Funding

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 28, 2026, to review important neuroscience grant applications. These meetings keep sensitive info private, protecting trade secrets and personal details. Scientists applying for grants and NIH staff are the main players, with no direct money changes but big impacts on research funding decisions.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-20814 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20814/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20814 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20814.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20814 (as of 2026-06-08).