# 2025-20888: Scientists Hold Secret Meetings About Your Tax Money

2025-20888, 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 2026-01-21 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20888
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20888
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53339
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-21
- 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 About Your Tax Money

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 21-22, 2026, to review grant applications related to small business projects in safety and instrumentation. These meetings are private to protect sensitive information and personal privacy. Researchers and small businesses applying for grants should note this important review date, which helps decide funding but doesn’t change any deadlines or money right now.

## Effects PRIA read

- NIH Closed Review for Small-Business Grants: benefit, low. If you are a small business or researcher applying for NIH small-business grants in instrumentation, environmental, or occupational safety, your applications will be reviewed at a closed virtual meeting on January 21-22, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The meeting is closed to protect confidential…

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## Sources
- [2025-20888 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20888/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20888 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20888.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20888 (as of 2026-06-08).