# 2025-21015: NIH Scientists: Still Meeting Secretly, Still Not Talking

2025-21015, 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 2026-01-22 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-21015
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53343
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-22
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NIH Scientists: Still Meeting Secretly, Still Not Talking

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review at the NIH is holding closed virtual meetings on January 22-23, 2026, to review important grant applications related to drug discovery and immunology. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets, so the public can’t attend. Scientists and researchers applying for grants should note the dates, but no new costs or changes to funding are announced.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-21015 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21015/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-21015 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21015.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21015 (as of 2026-06-08).