# 2025-20969: More Secret Science Meetings: Grant Money Edition

2025-20969, 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 2026-01-08 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20969
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20969
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53370
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

More Secret Science Meetings: Grant Money Edition

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 8, 2026, to review grant applications about brain disorders and tumors. These meetings are private to protect secret research ideas and personal info. Scientists applying for grants should note this important review date, which helps decide who gets funding.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed NIH Grant Review for Brain Research: benefit, medium. The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting on January 8, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to review and evaluate grant applications about brain disorders and brain tumors. The meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secr…

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## Sources
- [2025-20969 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20969/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20969 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20969.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20969 (as of 2026-06-08).