# 2025-20842: Third Secret Science Meeting Notice Because Bureaucracy Loves Repetition

2025-20842, 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 2026-01-07 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20842
- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20842
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53338
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Third Secret Science Meeting Notice Because Bureaucracy Loves Repetition

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 7, 2026, to review grant applications about treatments for brain and nervous system disorders. These meetings are private to protect secret ideas and personal info. Scientists and researchers applying for grants should note this important review date, but no new costs or changes affect the public.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed virtual grant review meeting: benefit, low. If you applied for NIH grants on therapeutic approaches for central nervous system disorders, your applications will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on January 7, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the National Institutes of Health (6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892). Scientists an…
- Confidentiality protections for applications: benefit, low. The meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information in grant applications. This prevents public disclosure of applicants' proprietary ideas and private personal information during the…

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## Sources
- [2025-20842 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20842/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20842 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20842.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20842 (as of 2026-06-08).