Letters

On behalf of the research universities, affiliated research institutions, medical colleges, and the higher education community represented by our associations, we appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Department of Commerce February 4, 2011 Notice and Request for Information (RFI) for comments on the Administration’s Strategy for American Innovation.

A group of 12 higher education associations, including AAU, sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22 providing detailed comments on a proposed rule on SEC registration of municipal advisors.

AAU and APLU, support the proposal to establish a new National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) and subsequent elimination of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR).

TFAI letter to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform stating that its imperative that our government adopt policies to reduce the budget deficit and stabilize our national debt.

On behalf of the American Council on Education and the undersigned higher education associations representing the nation’s two- and four-year public and private colleges and universities and the nearly 20 million students they serve, I write in support of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act and urge you to pass it this year.

The amendments proposed by the PHS are significant and will alter the relationship between a research institution, its investigators, and the PHS.

The public has every right to expect objectivity in research, and accountability regarding the management of potential financial conflicts of interest in research.

AAU, APLU Question NIH F&A Reimbursement Policy for Genomic Arrays.

Nation's research universities wrote this letter to support the Foster-Lujan amendment to H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009.

AAU and APLU write to express our concerns about Senate Amendment 1371.