# 2025-22075: Bureaucrats Issue Notice of Nothing: Closed Meetings Stay Mysterious

2025-22075, 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 2026-01-22 (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22075
- Title: Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; National Institutes of Health
- Citation: 90 FR 56167
- Published: 2025-12-05
- Effective: 2026-01-22
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Bureaucrats Issue Notice of Nothing: Closed Meetings Stay Mysterious

## Summary

The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 22, 2026, to review secret grant applications about genetics. This meeting keeps private info safe and affects researchers waiting on funding decisions. No money changes are announced, but the review helps decide who gets research grants.

## Effects PRIA read

- Closed NIH Grant Review Meeting: mixed, medium. The NIH Center for Scientific Review will hold a closed virtual meeting on January 22, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to review and evaluate grant applications for genetics research. This meeting directly affects researchers who are waiting on funding decisions because their applications will be…
- Applicant Confidentiality Protected: benefit, low. The meeting will be closed under sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) of Title 5, U.S.C., to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information in grant applications. This protects the privacy and commercial information of people and organizations that applied for these…

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## Sources
- [2025-22075 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22075/center-for-scientific-review-notice-of-closed-meetings)
- [2025-22075 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22075.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22075 (as of 2026-06-08).