# 2025-21021: Government Scientists Having Secret Meetings About... Something

2025-21021, 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/2025-21021
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-21021
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53335
- 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

Government Scientists Having Secret Meetings About... Something

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 8, 2026, to review important research grant applications. These meetings keep sensitive info private, protecting trade secrets and personal details. Scientists applying for grants and the research community are affected, with no direct cost changes but important deadlines to note.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed peer review to protect secrets: benefit, low. If you are a scientist applying for NIH grants, the review meeting for the PAR panel is closed to the public to protect confidential trade secrets and personal information. The notice says the meeting is closed under Title 5 U.S.C. sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to prevent disclosure of patenta…
- Virtual grant review scheduled Jan 8, 2026: benefit, low. A virtual meeting will be held January 8, 2026 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to review and evaluate grant applications for Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research. The meeting location is listed as NIH, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, and t…

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## Sources
- [2025-21021 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21021/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-21021 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21021.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21021 (as of 2026-06-08).