A group of 13 coalitions, nine of which AAU is a member, today sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to work toward a bipartisan agreement to raise the Budget Control Act’s budget caps for FY20 and 21. The letter asserts that “a bipartisan agreement is needed to permit robust federal investments in America’s scientific enterprise and ensure that the United States remains the global innovation leader.”
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY21 | FY20
The Coalition for National Science Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a proud member, sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense, providing CNSR's recommendations for funding levels for the Defense S&T program, and select Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) program elements (PEs) in the FY2020 Defense Appropriations bill.
CNSR, of which AAU is a member, yesterday joined a diverse coalition of organizations to send letters to House and Senate Defense Leaders to request their continued support for defense health research programs funded through the Defense Department’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
AAU, together with 36 higher education associations, sent a letter to House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Ranking Member Kay Granger (R-TX) to express their strong support for the positive impact of the FY20 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill on financial aid and biomedical research.
AAU, AAMC, APLU, and COGR sent a joint letter to the Office for Human Resources Protection (OHRP) expressing concern about the application of the cooperative research requirement under the revised Common Rule.
The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a member, wrote to the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services, providing FY20 recommendations for the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue to support transformational science and technology (S&T) research.&nbs
A letter was sent to the Senate Chairman Jerry Moran and Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen requesting the maximum possible increase in funding for FY20 from FY19 levels for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
AAU joined the AFRI Coalition's letter to the House and Senate Chairs of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees requesting at least $445 million for AFRI in FY20 and commends USDA for requesting $500 million for the program.
AAU, along with 33 other associations, sent a letter to Senate leadership to encourage them to pass the Dream Act of 2019.
The Non-Defense Discretionary United coalition sent a letter to Congress urging them to raise the Budget Control Act budget caps for FY20 and FY21.
Letters | Federal Budget | FY21 | FY20