Letters

On behalf of the Association of American Universities (AAU), I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide comments to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act.

On behalf of our associations’ more than 200 member research universities, we urge you to uphold the President’s commitments to federal investments in higher education and research as you develop the Administration’s FY 2017 budget.

Re: "Petition to Develop Specific Ethologically Appropriate Standards for Nonhuman Primates in Research"

AAU and APLU write to congratulate Senators John Cornyn and Ron Wyden on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee’s unanimous approval yesterday of S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (FASTR). 

AAU and COGR comment on the National and Archives Records Administration (NARA) proposed rule on Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), RIN 3095-AB80, 2015.

The following letter is about the comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2015, Docket ID: ED-2015-OPE-0020. Students and taxpayers place a great deal of responsibility in the hands of institutions to administer federal financial aid funds.

Higher Education associations express concerns about Senate FY16 LHHS funding bill.

Higher education associations letter supports House FY16 LHHS appropriations bill.

"Petition to Define Alternatives to Procedures that May Cause Pain of Distress and to Establish Standards Regarding Consideration of these Alternatives"

RFI: Optimizing Funding Policies and Other Strategies to Improve the Impact and Sustainability of Biomedical Research