Fact Sheets

AAU urges Congress to support a maximum Pell Grant award of $6,230 in FY19.

AAU urges Congress to provide at least $2.436 billion for Department of Defense (DOD) 6.1 basic research in FY19.

AAU urges Congress to provide at least $420 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in FY19.

J-1 are non-immigrant, temporary visas available for exchange visitors participating in a work-and-study-based program in the U.S. In higher education, J-1 visas are used by universities to sponsor visiting scholars from abroad. For many universities, J-1 is the primary visa used for postdocs and visiting faculty.

The Optional Practical Training (OPT) program is an extension of the F-1 student visa that provides 12 months of work authorization for foreign nationals who graduated from a U.S. university. Employment must be related to a student's major area of study.

H-1B visas are non-immigrant visas for temporary "professional specialty workers," an employment category closely associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, but not limited to them.

This provides a brief outline of the major classes of visas utilized by universities and the processes USCIS uses to grant the visas.

Department of Energy Research Funding Table FY18

Department of Defense Research Funding Table FY18

Department of Education Funding Table FY18