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:
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See Also: Appropriations Tables, Innovation & Competitiveness, and Reducing Regulatory Burden.
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.
Congress writes to express strong support for the NIH proof-of-concept pilot program authorized by the
SBIR-STTR reauthorization included in the defense authorization bill passed in December, 2011.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Technology Transfer | National Institutes of Health | Innovation and Competitiveness
AAU Response to NIH Director on managing NIH fiscal resources.
Groups Urge congress appropriators not to lower NIH salary cap.
AAU and APLU, support the proposal to establish a new National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) and subsequent elimination of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR).
PowerPoint presentation by Kathryn Clay, Ph.D., Director of Research, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
AAU, APLU Question NIH F&A Reimbursement Policy for Genomic Arrays.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Costs of Research (F&A Costs) | Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health
AAU resolution on green energy research and training.