The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal funding of scientific research, crackdown on universities, and proposals aimed at deterring international talent have unleashed a loss of scientific talent – a brain drain - away from the United States to other countries.
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The Association of American Universities (AAU) urges Congress to reject policies that make it harder for the United States to attract and retain the best and brightest students and scholars from around the world and other high-skilled foreign talent.
Undermining the Bayh-Dole Act, a bipartisan law which promotes the use of inventions created through federally-funded research, would weaken America's ability to innovate. Learn how a tax on university licensing revenue could threaten economic growth and competition.
Underpinning the success and legitimacy of America’s scientific enterprise is merit review, a competitive process by which federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) allocate grants to support the highest quality university-based scientific, engineering and medical research.
America’s Seed Fund, made up of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, provides technology-focused entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses with early-stage funding to develop their ideas and a pathway to commercialization.
One pager for advocacy focused on securing scientific research against foreign threats.
The federal government sponsors university research to help our country prosper.
This background briefing on Foreign Malign Influence and Higher Education was prepared by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Education, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This product is the result of years of effort by the interagency to create coordinated definitions for key threats to U.S. Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), including Foreign Malign Influence (FMI), Misappropriation of Research, and Transnational Repression (TNR).
A one pager explaining how the Bayh-Dole Act leads to new university-based startups and the creation of innovative goods and services.
One pager for advocacy focused on health and medical research.