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.
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.
The Coalition for National Science Funding wrote to Senate and House leadership urging the passage of a bipartisan budget agreement that appropriates at least $7.8 billion for NSF in FY 2018
AAU expressed concern about the proposed cuts to NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the National Science Foundation proposed in the Administration's FY18 budget request.
AAU Summary of the Proposed FY17 Omnibus Package
NASA Funding Table FY17
National Science Foundation Funding Table FY17
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | FY17 | Appropriations Tables | National Science Foundation | Federal Budget
Department of Defense Research Funding Table FY17
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | FY17 | Appropriations Tables | Department of Defense | Federal Budget
Department of Energy Research Funding Table FY17
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Associations call on Congress to finalize FY17 appropriations, and not cut critical student aid and research programs.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Student Aid | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | Department of Education | Federal Budget