The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Coalition recommends: robust funding for AFRI in the president’s FY22 budget request; investments in research infrastructure; including food and agriculture research as a priority for the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and increasing the 302(b) funding allocation for Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittees.
AAU joined ACE and 34 other higher education organizations on a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Senior Official Performing the Duties of Director Tony H. Pham and Student and Exchange Visitor Program Director Rachel E. Canty to request the agency provide guidance for international students and exchange visitors for Spring 2021 as soon as possible.
The Coalition for National Science funding, of which AAU is a member, sent its policy and key personnel recommendations for the next four years to President-elect Joe Biden.
AAU joined 171 science and research stakeholders in sending a letter to Congressional leadership urging swift action to complete work on the FY 2021 appropriations bills. The letter discusses the importance of importance of federal R&D the need for timely enactment of these bills.
AAU joined ACE, APLU, and 27 other higher education associations on a letter to Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Director of Division of Policy and Program Development Tina Williams to urge the office to withdraw Executive Order 13950 on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.”
AAU joined ACE and 17 other higher education associations on a letter to the DHS requesting it immediately withdraw its notice of proposed rulemaking, “Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions."
AAU joined ACE, APLU, and 13 other higher education associations on a letter to the House and Senate House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Leaders to outline several provisions of concern in H.R. 4625, the “Protect the GI Bill Act.”
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent their key recommendations for the next four years to the Biden-Harris transition team.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell T. Vought, acting Under Secretary for the Office of Research and Engineering Michael Kratsios, and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kelvin Droegemeier to request increased funding for Defense programs in the department’s FY22 budget request.
The Coalition for National Security Research, which includes AAU, sent a letter to House and Senate defense appropriations leaders to highlight the coalition’s funding priorities for the FY21 Defense appropriations measure.