# 2025-20816: Scientists Meet in Secret, Tell Us Absolutely Nothing

2025-20816, 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 2026-01-14 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20816
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20816
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53368
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Scientists Meet in Secret, Tell Us Absolutely Nothing

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 14-15, 2026, to review important grant applications in surgery and biomedical imaging. These meetings are private to protect secret research ideas and personal info. Researchers applying for grants should note this schedule as it impacts how their proposals get evaluated.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-20816 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20816/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20816 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20816.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20816 (as of 2026-06-08).