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.
Congressional Dear Colleague Letter urges strong NIH funding in FY16
Congressional letter requests robust funding for Title VI and international education programs in FY16.
Senators urge President's request for NEH and NEA funding in FY16.
AAU recommends $5.34 billion for the DOE Office of Science in FY16.
Student Aid Alliance letter opposes House budget resolution.
AAU supports $450 million for AFRI in FY16.
AAU urges Congress to provide $155 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
AAU urges Congress to provide at least $76 million for the Department of Education’s international education and foreign language programs.
AAU urges Congress to appropriate $5.4 billion for NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD),
which includes Earth Science, Planetary Science, Astrophysics, and Heliophysics.
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | Federal Budget | FY16 | NASA
AAU recommends $5.34 billion for the DOE Office of Science.