# 2025-22058: NIH's Secret Science Club Meets in the Shadows

2025-22058, 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 2026-01-07 (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22058
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 56163
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: 2026-01-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NIH's Secret Science Club Meets in the Shadows

## Summary

The Center for Scientific Review at the NIH is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 7, 2026, to review secret grant applications about precision probiotic therapies. These meetings protect private info and trade secrets, so only invited experts can join. This helps decide which research projects get funding, impacting scientists and future health discoveries.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-22058 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22058/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-22058 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22058.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22058 (as of 2026-06-08).