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.
Department of Defense Research Funding Table FY18
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | Federal Budget | FY18 | Appropriations Tables | Department of Defense
Department of Education Funding Table FY18
Agency Budgets | Student Aid | Fact Sheets | Federal Budget | FY18 | Appropriations Tables | Department of Education
National Science Foundation Funding Table FY18
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | Federal Budget | FY18 | Appropriations Tables | National Science Foundation
NASA Funding Table FY18
Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging Congress to robustly fund the Department of Defense science and technology program for FY18.
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) sent a letter to appropriators in both the House and Senate urging Congress to fund the National Science Foundation (NSF) at $8 billion for FY18.
Additional information on the FY19 President’s Budget Request for the Department of Education.
AAU statement encourages Congress to negotiate a bipartisan budget agreement that raises the Budget Control Act caps for FY18 and beyond to permit robust investment in research, and higher education programs.
AAU joins the Energy Sciences Coalition in a statement supporting bipartisan efforts to reauthorize ARPA-E at the Department of Energy.
AAU joined APLU in a letter asking the White House Office of Management & Budget to prioritize research and higher education funding in the Administration's FY19 budget.