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Agency Budgets

AAU closely monitors and advocates for the budgets of federal agencies that are the primary funders of student financial aid and higher education programs, faculty scholarship, and basic scientific research that are vital to innovation and our nation’s economic competitiveness and national security.

Included in this section is budget information about education and research programs at:

AFRI     DOD     DOE     ED     NASA     NEH     NIH     NSF

See Also: Appropriations Tables, Innovation & Competitiveness, and Reducing Regulatory Burden.

 

A group of 13 coalitions, nine of which AAU is a member, today sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to work toward a bipartisan agreement to raise the Budget Control Act’s budget caps for FY20 and 21. The letter asserts that “a bipartisan agreement is needed to permit robust federal investments in America’s scientific enterprise and ensure that the United States remains the global innovation leader.”
The Coalition for National Science Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a proud member, sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense, providing CNSR's recommendations for funding levels for the Defense S&T program, and select Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) program elements (PEs) in the FY2020 Defense Appropriations bill. 

The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a member, wrote to the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services, providing FY20 recommendations for the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue to support transformational science and technology (S&T) research.&nbs

Read AAU's budget recommendations for the federal agencies and programs that are vital to the strength of the government-university partnership that fuels our economy, creates jobs, strengthens national security, and improves health.
The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget and Congressional leaders urging them to work together to pass a two-year bipartisan budget agreement to increase the FY20 spending caps for discretionary programs.
The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a member, wrote to the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services providing recommendations for the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member, wrote to Congress urging members to appropriate $9 billion in FY20 funding for NSF.
United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to Senate Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the non-defense discretionary spending dictated by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the non-defense discretionary spending dictated by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the discretionary budget caps.