# 2025-20957: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings

2025-20957, 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 2026-01-15 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20957
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20957
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53355
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 15, 2026, to review important cancer research grant applications. These meetings keep sensitive info private to protect ideas and personal details. Researchers and grant applicants should note this date, but no public registration is needed, and no new costs are involved.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed Review Protects Applicants' Ideas: benefit, medium. If you are a researcher or grant applicant, the NIH review meeting on January 15, 2026 is closed to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information. The closure is intended to keep your ideas and private details from being disclosed during grant evaluation.
- Public Excluded; No Registration or Cost: cost, low. The meeting on January 15, 2026 (8:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.) is closed to the public and will be held virtually. The notice states that registration is not required to attend and that no new costs are involved.

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## Sources
- [2025-20957 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20957/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20957 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20957.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20957 (as of 2026-06-08).