The Energy Sciences Coalition, which includes AAU, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Dan Brouillette urging that he continue to offer DOE’s 10-week “summer research experience” for summer 2020.
The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research sent a letter to congressional appropriations leaders urging them to “significantly boost” the FY21 302(b) allocations for the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education spending bill.
AAU joined ACE and 16 other higher education organizations on a letter to Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee leaders Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jon Tester (D-MT) to express their strong support for H.R. 6322, the “Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020.”
AAU joined ACE and four other higher education associations to send a letter to the State Department urging guidance for current and new international students seeking to study in the U.S. beginning in the fall.
CFR members are encouraged to contact their House delegations to ask them to sign on to AAU-endorsed legislation circulated by Reps. Bradley S. Schneider (D-IL), John Kato (R-NY), TJ Cox (D-CA), Peter T. King (R-NY), and Diana Degette (D-CO).
AAU joins APLU, AAMC, and ACE with COVID-19 related suggestions regarding the future health and strength of the U.S. research enterprise.
AAU joined ACE and 62 other higher education associations on a letter to all state governors, urging them to temporarily suspend or modify state healthcare licensing restrictions and allow reciprocity of health care licenses across state lines.
AAU joined ACE and 39 other higher education organizations to send a letter to Secretary Betsy DeVos to urge the Education Department to provide emergency relief included in the CARES Act to colleges and universities quickly and with maximum flexibility.
AAU on Monday joined 38 other organizations on a pair of letters to House and Senate Labor, HHS and Education appropriations subcommittee leaders to request that they fund a comprehensive, science-based and nonpartisan review of the COVID-19 response once the immediate public health emergency has passed.
AAU, along with 49 other organizations, sent a letter to Congressional appropriations leaders urging them to provide the highest possible FY21 funding for the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees to support USDA’s newly-announced goal of stimulating “innovation to substantially increase production while simultaneously cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture.”