# 2025-20853: Fourth Secret Meeting Notice Proves Government Loves Duplicate Paperwork

2025-20853, 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/2025-20853
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20853
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53346
- 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

Fourth Secret Meeting Notice Proves Government Loves Duplicate Paperwork

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 14-15, 2026, to review grant applications related to small business cell and molecular biology projects. These meetings are private to protect sensitive information like trade secrets and personal details. Researchers and small businesses applying for grants should note this important review step, but no new costs or deadlines are introduced.

## Effects PRIA read

- Confidential Review Protects Trade Secrets: benefit, low. If you apply for the NIH Small Business: Cell and Molecular Biology grants, your applications will be reviewed in a closed meeting on January 14-15, 2026. The meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal informat…
- Virtual Grant Review; No New Costs or Deadlines: benefit, low. The Center for Scientific Review will hold a virtual meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on January 14-15, 2026 to review and evaluate Small Business: Cell and Molecular Biology grant applications. The notice states this is an important review step for researchers and small businesses applying for…

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## Sources
- [2025-20853 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20853/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20853 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20853.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20853 (as of 2026-06-08).