Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Published Date: 11/25/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 11, 2025, to review important grant applications for lung immunology research. This meeting was delayed due to a recent government shutdown but is now happening urgently to keep vital health research funding on track. Scientists and researchers waiting on NIH grants are the ones affected, with no direct cost changes announced.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Urgent NIH grant review rescheduled
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a virtual meeting on December 11, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to review and evaluate lung immunology grant applications that were canceled during a 43-day government shutdown so that funding recommendations can be made on time. Scientists and researchers waiting on NIH grants are the group explicitly affected; the notice states there are no direct cost changes announced.
Meeting closed to the public; confidentiality invoked
The meeting on December 11, 2025, will be closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) because discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, or personal information. The closure means the public cannot attend the review sessions for these grant applications.
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