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 supports $7.7 billion for the National Science Foundation.
AAU urges Congress to provide $32 billion for the National Institutes of Health.
Statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of AAU, on the five-percent increase in basic (6.1) Defense research funding approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 17.
This legislation has positive aspects that we support. We also have specific concerns regarding the bill which, if not addressed, would prevent our organizations from fully endorsing the bill.
Sen. Alexander urges members of Congress to double the budgets of basic research at major research institutions in the federal government.
Letter to Farm Bill conferees
Recommendations for the 2013 Farm Bill
AAU brochure: Why the Federal Government Funds Social and Behavioral Sciences Research
Statement by the Executive Committee of the Association of American Universities on the importance of the federal investment in research in the social and behavioral sciences.
Organizations and institutions expressed concern about the impact of continued cuts, including sequestration, funding shortfalls in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, and the threat of additional cuts to offset the debt ceiling, on medical research supported by NIH, and the subsequent negative consequences for the health of all Americans.