# 2025-21056: Scientists Meet in Secret, Tell Public Absolutely Nothing

2025-21056, 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 2025-12-08 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21056
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-21056
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53351
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-12-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Scientists Meet in Secret, Tell Public Absolutely Nothing

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 8, 2025, to review important grant applications. This meeting was delayed due to a government shutdown but is now urgent to keep vital health research funding on track. Scientists and researchers waiting on NIH grants are the ones affected, with no direct cost changes but a tight timeline to keep things moving.

## Effects PRIA read

- Urgent NIH Grant Review Meeting: benefit, medium. If you are a scientist or researcher waiting on NIH grants, the Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting on December 8, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to review and evaluate grant applications. The meeting was delayed by a 43-day government shutdown and is being held urgen…

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## Sources
- [2025-21056 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21056/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-21056 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21056.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21056 (as of 2026-06-08).