# 2025-22042: NIH Hides Science Decisions Behind Closed Doors Again

2025-22042, Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, National Institutes of Health published 2025-12-05, effective 2026-01-14 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22042
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22042
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 56174
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: 2026-01-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NIH Hides Science Decisions Behind Closed Doors Again

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 14, 2026, to review important grant applications about the immune system. These meetings are private to protect secret ideas and personal info. Scientists applying for grants and the NIH are the main players, with no direct money changes announced but important decisions on funding are underway.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed NIH Grant Review Protects Applicant Privacy: benefit, low. If you applied for an NIH grant on adaptive or innate immunity, the Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting on January 14, 2026, from 09:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to review and evaluate grant applications. The meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential trade secrets,…

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## Sources
- [2025-22042 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22042/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-22042 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22042.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22042 (as of 2026-06-08).