NIH Panels Privately Review Grants in Health and Nanotechnology
Published Date: 10/23/2026
Notice
Summary
The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed virtual meetings in November 2026 to review and evaluate grant applications. These meetings affect researchers applying for funding in areas like cardiovascular health, environmental diseases, and nanotechnology. No public access is allowed to protect private info and trade secrets, but these reviews help decide who gets research money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Closed meetings protect applicant confidentiality
You (as an applicant or small business with an NIH grant application) will not be able to attend these review meetings because they are closed to the public under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6). The closure is to protect confidential trade secrets, patentable material, commercial property, and personal information associated with grant applications.
NIH will review grant applications on Nov 19-20, 2026
If you applied for NIH funding in the listed areas, your application will be reviewed and evaluated in virtual panels on November 19-20, 2026 (some panels list only November 19, 2026). Affected topic areas explicitly include cardiovascular and respiratory fellowships; environmental determinants of disease; biomaterials, delivery, and nanotechnology (Small Business); women's health career awards (RFA-OD-24-013); musculoskeletal sciences (Small Business); drug and biologic disposition and toxicity; cancer diagnostics and therapeutics; basic cancer fellowships; gastroenterology/hepatology/nutrition fellowships; neural development; sensory technologies (Small Business); behavioral treatment approaches for mental/cognitive disorders and aging; mentored career development; clinical data management/informatics/digital health; urological systems (Small Business); and shared instrumentation (S10).
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