AAU, ACE and 46 other organizations sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees reiterating the higher education community's funding requests for the FY22 appropriations process.
Below is an AAU letter expressing support for H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, a bill which the House Science, Space and Technology Committee is scheduled to consider on Jun 15, 2021.
AAU, ACE, and 39 other associations sent a letter requesting a briefing from State Department officials on the implications of Presidential Proclamation 10043, “Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China,” for international students and scholars.
AAU joined ACE and four other higher education organizations in sending a letter to Senate leadership expressing their concern and opposition to an amendment filed by Senator Rubio to S. 1260 the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.
Letters | Science & Security | Intellectual Property | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | NASA
This document is a House DCL that circulated in March 2021 on tracking the use of animals in NIH research.
AAU joined ACE and more than 30 other higher education associations in submitting comments to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. It outlines several ways the agency can remove administrative barriers to immigration and international education in the United States by revising rules or issuing new administrative policies.
AAU joined the Coalition for International Education on a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging them to support enhancements to Title VI of the Higher Education Act, as proposed in the bipartisan Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act.
Letter from House members to HELP leadership advocating for an increase to NIH funding in FY22.
AAU joined APLU, NAFSA, and NAICU in sending a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging them to support the U.S. Department of State's Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs, specifically EducationUSA, a network of over 430 international student advising centers in more than 175 countries and territories. The letter recommends EducationUSA receive $50 million in FY2022, an increase of $37 million above FY 2021
Letters | Federal Budget | FY22 | Immigration