# 2025-21070: Fourth Secret Science Meeting Because Why Not

2025-21070, 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 2026-01-21 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21070
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-21070
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 53353
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2026-01-21
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Fourth Secret Science Meeting Because Why Not

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 21-22, 2026, to review cancer research grant applications. These private sessions protect sensitive info like trade secrets and personal details. Researchers applying for funding should note this important review step, but no new costs or deadlines are introduced.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed virtual grant review meeting: benefit, low. The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting to review cancer research grant applications on January 21–22, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Applicants and researchers should note this scheduled review step; the meeting is listed as virtual and addressed to NIH, 6701 Roc…
- Applicant confidentiality protections affirmed: benefit, low. The meetings are closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to protect confidential trade secrets, commercial property (including patentable material), and personal information of individuals associated with grant applications. This closure is intended to prevent disclosure of sensitive applic…
- No new costs or deadlines introduced: benefit, low. The notice states that researchers applying for funding should note the review step, but that no new costs or deadlines are introduced by this meeting. Applicants will not face additional fees or changed submission deadlines as a result of this meeting.

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## Sources
- [2025-21070 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21070/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-21070 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21070.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-21070 (as of 2026-06-08).