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.
The Energy Sciences Coalition calls on Congress to raise the budget caps and appropriate $7 billion for the Energy Department's Office of Science in FY20.
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.
AAU along with 300 organizations and institutions signed in support of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research's FY2020 recommendation statement to Congress of at least $41.6 billion for NIH.
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.
Status of FY19 appropriations including the President’s FY19 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the National Science Foundation including Research and Related Activities, Education and Human Resources, and Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction.
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | Federal Budget | FY19 | Appropriations Tables | National Science Foundation
Status of FY19 appropriations including the President’s FY19 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at NASA including Science, Aeronautics, Space Technology and Education Mission Directorates.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman today wrote to House and Senate Appropriations leaders to applaud their efforts in securing increased higher education and research investments in FY19 and urge completion of the remaining FY19 appropriations bills after the midterm elections.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Student Aid | FY19 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities
Status of FY19 appropriations including the President’s FY19 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Defense including 6.1 Basic Research, 6.2 Applied Research, 6.3 Advanced Technology Development, and DARPA.
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | Federal Budget | FY19 | Appropriations Tables | Department of Defense