Letters

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.

Coalition to Promote Research letter supporting NIH funding.

We recommend that NIH’s implementation of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals be delayed until key concerns can be addressed.

On behalf of the American Council on Education and the associations listed below, I write to request your assistance for Libyan nationals currently studying in the United States on student visas, almost all of whom are fully funded by the Libyan government as sponsored students.

This is a letter with recommendations from the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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).