# Federal Register #2026-23129

NIH Center for Scientific Review Closed Meetings to Evaluate Grant and Contract Proposals

**Buyer:** National Institutes of Health
**Posted:** November 13, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-23129

The National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review announced closed virtual meetings to assess research proposals across several health and biomedical fields.
- **Government buyer:** U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Scientific Review (CSR).
- **Meeting focus:** Evaluation of grant applications and contract proposals related to ALACRITY Research Centers; substance use disorder and overdose prevention and treatment; addictive-substance behavior and neurotoxicology; therapeutics delivery; bacterial-host interactions, immunity, and host defense; vector-borne and zoonotic diseases; radiological or nuclear medical countermeasure development; and small-business health technology and methodologies.
- **Confidentiality:** Meetings are closed because discussions may involve confidential commercial information, patentable material, or personal information.
- **Procurement details:** This is an event notice, not a request for procurement submissions. No products, quantities, part numbers, vendors, or OEMs are identified.

### Description

The notice announces several virtual meetings of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review on December 4, 2026. The meetings will review and evaluate grant applications, including applications related to research centers, substance use disorders, neurotoxicology, therapeutics delivery, bacterial-host interactions, and vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. The meetings are closed to the public because discussions may disclose confidential commercial information or personal information. Meeting times and contact persons are specified for each panel.

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