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  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 3890
    Reading Time:about 5 minutes

    The Center for Scientific Review from the National Institutes of Health announced several meetings that will be closed to the public. These meetings, scheduled for various dates in February 2025, will review and evaluate grant applications in fields such as brain disorders, pulmonary diseases, and genetics. The discussions are confidential as they might reveal trade secrets, patentable materials, or personal information. All meetings will be conducted virtually, and contact details for the respective Scientific Review Officers are provided for each committee.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Institutes of Health is having some secret meetings online to talk about who should get money for science projects about health problems like brain issues and lung diseases. They're keeping the meetings secret to protect special ideas and people's privacy.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8369
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The National Institute of Mental Health is holding two meetings to review and evaluate grant applications. The meetings will be closed to the public to protect confidential information. The first meeting, focusing on understanding mental health disorders through invasive recording and stimulating techniques, is scheduled for March 1, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The second meeting, addressing member conflicts, will take place on March 5, 2021, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both meetings are conducted via telephone conference calls at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Institute of Mental Health is having two secret meetings to talk about special projects, and these meetings happen over the phone so they can keep things private. They are talking about cool stuff like understanding how our brains work using some fancy tools and about other special projects too.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 4106
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development announced two upcoming meetings that will be closed to the public. These meetings focus on reviewing grant applications related to specific research areas, including maternal and pediatric HIV/AIDS research and endometriosis. The meetings are scheduled for March 12 and March 16-17, 2021, respectively, and will be conducted via video. The closed nature of these meetings is due to the potential disclosure of confidential information, such as trade secrets or personal details, which must be kept private.

    Simple Explanation

    The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is having some private online meetings to talk about which research projects should get funding to study topics like children’s health and diseases. The meetings are private to keep secrets safe and to protect personal information.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 113
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced two upcoming meetings that will be closed to the public under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The first meeting of the Special Emphasis Panel will focus on technologies for HIV and substance use disorder research and is scheduled for February 20, 2025. The second meeting, scheduled for February 28, 2025, will involve the Career Development Education and Training Study Section, both aiming to review grant applications virtually. These sessions will remain private due to the confidential nature of the discussions, which could involve sensitive personal and proprietary information.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Institute on Drug Abuse is having two secret meetings to talk about special projects for studying HIV and drug problems, and helping people learn and get better at their jobs. The reason these meetings are secret is that they will talk about private and important stuff.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 16529
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced two upcoming closed meetings. These meetings will be held virtually to review and evaluate contract proposals and grant applications. The details include a meeting on May 12, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for contract proposals review, and another meeting on May 21, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for program project applications review. The meetings are closed to the public to protect confidential information and personal privacy.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is having two secret online meetings to talk about special work projects and money requests, and they're keeping it private so that nobody's personal or secret stuff gets shared.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8061
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold closed meetings every Tuesday in February 2021 at 5:00 p.m. These meetings will occur remotely or at the Commission's headquarters in Washington, DC. Attendees will include Commissioners, their Counsel, the Secretary, recording secretaries, and possibly other interested staff members. Discussions will cover examinations, enforcement proceedings, and may also change depending on the Commission's priorities. If there are any changes to the meeting details, updates will be posted on the SEC's website.

    Simple Explanation

    The Securities and Exchange Commission is having special secret meetings every Tuesday in February where grown-ups talk about important stuff like checking things out and making sure rules are followed. Sometimes they meet on the computer and sometimes in a building in Washington, DC, but they don't give a lot of details because it's a secret.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 14147
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced a series of closed virtual meetings in June 2025. These meetings, held by special emphasis panels, are intended to review and evaluate grant applications related to cancer research. They will be closed to the public to protect confidential information and personal privacy. Meeting details, including dates, times, and contact information for scientific review officers, are provided for each committee session.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Cancer Institute will have some private online meetings in June to talk about who should get money for cancer research projects. These meetings are private because they want to keep people's secrets safe.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 12325
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has announced several closed meetings to review grant applications. These meetings, held virtually, will take place in April and June 2025 and involve panels focused on small business applications, disruptive innovations in dental research, fellowship reviews, contract proposals, and improving patient-centered research. The discussions will be closed to the public to protect confidential and private information. Notable participants include Scientific Review Officers Yun Mei, MD, Christopher Campbell, MD, Ph.D., and Jingshan Chen, Ph.D.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research is having special private online meetings in April and June 2025 to talk about who should receive money for projects that help with teeth and mouth research. Important people will decide on this to keep private information safe.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 11420
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Center for Scientific Review is holding several closed meetings to review and evaluate grant applications. These meetings will take place virtually due to the confidential nature of the discussions, which could involve trade secrets and personal information. Four committees are involved, including the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience Integrated Review Group and the Biological Chemistry and Macromolecular Biophysics Integrated Review Group, with meetings scheduled between March 25 and April 3, 2025. Each meeting will be led by a designated Scientific Review Officer from the National Institutes of Health.

    Simple Explanation

    The Center for Scientific Review is having secret online meetings to talk about who should get money for science projects. They have to keep it secret because they will talk about private stuff, like inventions and people's personal information.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8214
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold several closed meetings to review and evaluate grant applications. These meetings, organized by the Center for Scientific Review, are scheduled to take place from February 24 to March 2, 2021, and will be conducted as virtual meetings. The meetings cover a wide range of scientific topics, including biobehavioral processes, brain disorders, genetic research, cancer studies, healthcare methodologies, and drug discovery. The sessions are closed to ensure the confidentiality of trade secrets or personal information.

    Simple Explanation

    The National Institutes of Health is having online meetings to talk about who should get money to do science projects, but no one else can join because they’ll be discussing secret stuff.