# 2025-20840: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings

2025-20840, 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 2025-12-17 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20840
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20840
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53331
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-12-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 17, 2025, to review grant applications for clinical neuroscience career awards. These meetings are private to protect sensitive information and personal privacy. Researchers applying for funding and the NIH are affected, with timely reviews helping speed up important health research funding decisions.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed Grant Review Protects Privacy: benefit, low. On December 17, 2025, the NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting to evaluate Career Development Awards for Clinical Neuroscience Professionals. The meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, commercial property (lik…
- Timely Reviews Speed Funding Decisions: benefit, low. The closed meeting on December 17, 2025, will review and evaluate grant applications so evaluations can be submitted to national advisory councils for timely funding recommendations. Researchers applying for these clinical neuroscience career awards and the NIH are affected because timely reviews h…

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## Sources
- [2025-20840 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20840/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20840 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20840.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20840 (as of 2026-06-08).