Recommendation

AAU recommends $5.34 billion for the DOE Office of Science in FY16.

AAU urges Congress to maintain the discretionary base of $4,860 for the Pell Grant to support the scheduled increase in the maximum award to $5,915, which is comprised of both discretionary and mandatory funding.

The economic impact guidelines make up one part of a wider set of tools that has been developed by CICEP. Some of these tools are available now and others are still under development.

Lab-to-Market Inter-Agency Summit: Recommendations from the National Expert Panel White House Conference Center May 20, 2013

Below are key priorities we would like to see included in a final bill that creates a common-sense immigration approach that serves the needs of our country.

AAU Response to NIH Director on managing NIH fiscal resources.

We advocate for an examination and evaluation of the current relationship between research institutions and the federal government to strengthen and/or repair them to ensure increased productivity.

At the request of NRC, COGR, AAU, and APLU have assembled ten recommendations for regulatory reform improving research universities’ ability to carry out their missions with minimum financial investment by the Fed.

On May 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requested public comments on proposed revisions to the Public Health Services Conflict of Interest (COI) policy. In the responses DHHS received to its request for comment, several organizations expressed concerns that the newly proposed policy might have an chilling effect on faculty members interest in engaging with industry and, as a result, hinder universities ability to commercialize the results of NIH sponsored research. This AAU documents summarizes comments made by various organizations -- including scientific societies, associations, individual universities and companies -- that raise this concern.

AAU resolution on green energy research and training.