The genesis of some of our nation’s greatest scientific discoveries, technological innovations, healthcare interventions and military strategies have grown from the social and behavioral sciences funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other federal agencies.
The Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 would ban all life-saving research involving chimpanzees.
Statement regarding the DATA Act establishing a Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board that collects and reviews financial reports from federally funded entities, directly or through a sub-grant or sub-contract.
The Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act aims to provide greater transparency to federal grant programs as a means of increasing accountability. The bill requires the creation of new government-wide public website on which information on all federal grants would be posted. Under current laws and regulations governing federal research grants, universities and their faculty already provide to the federal government comprehensive financial and compliance information, which is publicly available.
Backgrounder on the Higher Education Opportunity Act enacted on August 14, 2008, and reauthorizes the HEA of 1965.
Facts about College and University Endowments, 2009.
The following fact sheet includes information about the uses of college and university endowments.
The following facts and myths are about college and university endowments.
The following fact sheet includes information about endowments.
The following fact sheet includes information about college and university endowments.