AAU letter to President Obama and Congressional Leaders. The Task Force on American Innovation, representing a broad and diverse cross section of companies, universities, and professional societies, is deeply concerned about the impact of the upcoming budget sequestration on federally funded basic scientific research, both defense and nondefense. We strongly urge you to reach an agreement on measures that not only enable you to prevent the sequestration from occurring but also achieve significant long-term deficit reduction.
Congress writes to express strong support for the NIH proof-of-concept pilot program authorized by the
SBIR-STTR reauthorization included in the defense authorization bill passed in December, 2011.
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University Leaders from 50 states urge the President and congressional leaders to avoid the year-end budget sequester and reach a balanced, long-term deficit-reduction agreement.
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) write to express their serious concern with Section 308 of H.R. 2146, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, and Sec. 501 of S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act.
We believe that the process used to craft the ANPG was flawed and failed to represent a good-faith effort to improve the partnership between universities and the Federal government.
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Those concerns have centered on the imposition of redundant and costly reporting requirements. The revised bill would eliminate explicitly duplicative reporting within three years.
AAU and APLU comment on making sure public health research benefits all people.
The Association of American Universities (AAU), representing 61 leading public and private research universities, would like to thank the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for this opportunity to provide comments on the Bioeconomy Blueprint.
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AAU letter to Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to keep in mind that drastic cuts to research investments in the discretionary accounts, both defense and non-defense, would set a dangerous precedent that would inhibit immediate scientific progress and threaten our international competitiveness long into the future.
We applaud HHS for proactively and thoughtfully engaging in this review of the Common Rule and human subjects research regulation.
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