# 2025-21027: Scientists Schedule Another Secret Meeting Session

2025-21027, 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/2025-21027
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-21027
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53338
- 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

Scientists Schedule Another Secret Meeting Session

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 8-9, 2026, to review grant applications for a small business program helping new tech get ready for the market. These meetings are private to protect secret ideas and personal info. Small businesses applying for funding will be affected, but no new costs or deadlines are announced.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed SBIR/STTR Review Meeting: benefit, low. Grant applications for the Small Business SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on January 8-9, 2026, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (6) to protect confidential trade secrets, patent…

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## Sources
- [2025-21027 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21027/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-21027 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21027.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21027 (as of 2026-06-08).