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 President Barbara R. Snyder expresses concern about the proposed FY24 NSF funding levels.
Status of FY24 appropriations including the President’s FY24 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at NASA including Science, Aeronautics, Space Technology and Education Mission Directorates.
AAU, along with other higher education organizations, joined a letter led by ACE to Speaker McCarthy and House Minority Leader Jeffries expressing strong opposition to H.R. 5525, the Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
Status of FY24 appropriations including the President’s FY24 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Energy including the Office of Science and ARPA-E.
Status of FY24 appropriations including the President’s FY24 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 | FY24 | Appropriations Tables | National Science Foundation | Federal Budget
Status of FY24 appropriations including the President’s FY24 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Education including Title IV and Title VI funding.
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | FY24 | Appropriations Tables | Department of Education | Federal Budget
Six coalitions joined a letter urging House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide the highest possible FY24 302(b) allocation for the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | National Science Foundation | NASA | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness
AAU sent a letter urging the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to prioritize investments in higher education, scientific research, and student aid in FY24 302(b) discretionary spending allocations.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Student Aid | Costs of Research (F&A Costs) | FY24 | Graduate Education | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense urging increases in FY24 to the Department of Defense’s science and technology program.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | Department of Defense | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness
House members signed DCL in support of $11.3 billion for NSF in FY24 CJS Appropriations bill.