Center For Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on December 11-12, 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 affected, with no cost to attend and no public access to protect privacy and secrets.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Closed Virtual NIH Grant Review
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting on December 11-12, 2025 (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) to review and evaluate grant applications. The meeting is closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), is virtual, and the notice states registration is not required to attend.
Shutdown-Delay and Urgent Rescheduling
The meeting was canceled earlier because of a 43-day government shutdown and is being held urgently less than 15 days after the notice so evaluations can be submitted to national advisory councils for timely funding recommendations. The notice says this urgency is to keep disbursement of NIH funds on track for biomedical research addressing major public health priorities.
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