AAU, ACE, APLU, and AAMC sent a letter to Congressional leaders to lay out a strategy that will “allow our members to continue to lead in the battle against COVID-19 and ensure that our other research on behalf of the American people will not suffer during these unprecedented times."
AAU signed on to a letter with ACE, APLU, and three other higher education organizations to Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee Chair Jerry Moran and Ranking Member Jon Tester to voice their support for legislation that would ensure that veterans can still receive their GI bill benefits if their campuses move courses online due to COVID-19 concerns.
AAU, together with the Council of Governmental Relations, the Association of Public Land-grant Universities, and the Association of American Medical Colleges, today sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget to recommend the expansion of M-20-11, a memo issued March 9 to provide administrative relief for recipients and applicants of federal financial assistance who are impacted by COVID-19.
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.