AAU wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf encouraging clarification on F-1 status during the COVID-19 outbreak, extensions of immigration status, and Optional Practical Training (OPT) consideration.
AAU joined the Council on Governmental Relations to submit a letter to the National Library of Medicine regarding its request for information on the modernization of “ClinicalTrials.gov.”
CNSF, which includes AAU, sent a letter to congressional science appropriators to request at least $9 billion for the National Science Foundation in FY21
AAU joined ACE, APLU, and three other higher education organizations on a letter to express their support for H.R. 6194, legislation that would ensure that veterans can still receive their GI bill benefits of their campuses move courses online due to COVID-19 concerns
AAU joined CNSF and 165 organizations, sent a letter to congressional science appropriators to request they set Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations funding equal to or greater than FY20 levels.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to request increased funding in FY21 for Defense Science and Technology program and select program elements that “drive innovations to ensure continued global U.S. military technological superiority.”
AAU, along with a group of 32 higher education and agriculture organizations, sent a letter to congressional agriculture appropriators to request they fund the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot, known as AgARDA, at the authorized level of $50 million for FY21.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to thank appropriators for their strong support for increased FY20 Defense Science & Technology funding – specifically for increases in funding to University Research Initiatives across all branches of the m
The Energy Sciences Coalition, which includes AAU, sent a letter to Congress thanking Members for their strong, bipartisan support for the Energy Department’s Office of Science in FY20.
The Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Congressional Appropriations leaders thanking them for their efforts to support student aid funding programs in FY20, and asking for their continued support in FY21.