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 Education Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Summary
AAU urges using the FY17/FY18 budget process to revitalize the federal government’s scientific research and higher education investment strategy.
AAU urges Congress to pass the 21st Century Cures Act during its current session.
AAU Urges Congressional Leaders to Finish the FY17 Appropriations Process.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
The House and Senate’s bipartisan efforts on such legislation in the 114th Congress have been truly extraordinary and should not go unfulfilled.
This letter is about OMB's FY2018 budget materials and guidance for the next administration which highlights the importance of providing robust investment in higher education and scientific research.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY18 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
AAU, APLU and COGR comment to Carrie D. Wolinetz, National Institutes of Health, on Federal Register Document number 2016-18601.
However, we strongly believe Congress can return after the election, as it has so often in the past, to complete the process.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
The Coalition for National Security Research, writes to thank Senators, for their overall support for the Defense Science and Technology program in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2017.
Organizations write to Senators in opposition to Sections 756 and 898 of S. 2943, the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.