Germ Warfare Grants: NIH's Closed Door Disease Review
Published Date: 12/16/2025
Notice
Summary
The NIH’s Center for Scientific Review is holding a closed virtual meeting on January 13-14, 2026, to review important grant applications about infectious diseases. These meetings are private to protect secret research info and personal details. Scientists applying for grants should note this review could impact funding decisions soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Closed Grant Review Meeting Scheduled
If you are a scientist who applied for NIH grants about infectious diseases, your applications will be reviewed in a closed virtual meeting on January 13-14, 2026. This review could affect upcoming funding decisions for those grant applications.
Applicant Confidentiality Protections
The meetings will be closed to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information. NIH says the closure follows Title 5 U.S.C. sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) to prevent unwarranted invasions of privacy.
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