NIH Center for Scientific Review: Closed grant review meetings
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This notice announces several closed NIH review meetings where study sections will evaluate grant applications in June 2026. The meetings are not open to the public because the applications may contain trade secrets, patentable material, and private personal information. Businesses, universities, and researchers with pending NIH applications are the main parties affected, since their proposals will be reviewed behind closed doors.
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Key Changes
- NIH review panels will meet in closed session to score and discuss grant applications.
- The meetings are scheduled for June 2, 3, 4, and 11-12, 2026, and will be held virtually.
- Public access is excluded to protect confidential business information and personal privacy.
Obligations
What this law requires
The NIH/Center for Scientific Review must keep the listed grant review meetings closed to the public because the discussions may disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, or personal information about applicants and associated individuals.
The NIH Center for Scientific Review must hold the listed grant-review meetings closed to the public, because the meetings are covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and (c)(6).
NIH advisory committee meetings for the listed study sections must be closed to the public because the grant applications and discussions may disclose confidential trade secrets, patentable material, and personal information.
The listed committees must convene to review and evaluate grant applications on the specified June 2026 dates and times.
The review committees must conduct the listed sessions to review and evaluate grant applications in private, rather than in open public session.