Letters

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.

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.

AAU letter to Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging to protect, prioritize and strengthen federal investments in education, basic scientific research, and technological development, which are essential to creating economic opportunity and job growth.

Groups Urge congress appropriators not to lower NIH salary cap.

Response to Request for Information (RFI): Input into the Deliberations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on the Future Biomedical Research Workforce Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-106 October 7, 2011

TFAI letter to Senator Murray and Representative Hensarling stating belief that it is imperative that our government adopt policies to reduce the budget deficit and stabilize our national debt.

A letter to OMB Director Jacob Lew urging the Administration to continue to make federal student aid and basic research priorities for strategic investment spending in the FY13 budget.

It is imperative that we work to ensure efficiency in government regulation to reduce the costs of compliance and to maximize the productivity of researchers.