# 2025-20983: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings

2025-20983, 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 2025-12-03 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20983
- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20983
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53354
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-12-03
- 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 December 3, 2025, to review important grant applications in blood and heart research. This meeting was delayed by a government shutdown but is now urgent to keep vital health research funding on track. Scientists and small businesses applying for grants are affected, with no direct money changes but a tight timeline to meet funding deadlines.

## Effects PRIA read

- Urgent Dec. 3 Small-Biz Grant Review: mixed, medium. If you applied for an NIH small-business grant in hematology or cardiovascular research, your application will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on December 3, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The meeting was delayed by a 43-day government shutdown and is happening urgently so evaluations ca…
- Closed Review to Protect Confidential Information: benefit, low. The meeting will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect grant applications that could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, or personal information. This safeguards applicants' proprietary and private information during the December 3, 2025 v…

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## Sources
- [2025-20983 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20983/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-20983 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20983.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20983 (as of 2026-06-08).