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 welcomes President Biden’s FY24 budget request, and we appreciate that it includes increases for many of our priorities in research and education.
Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | Press Releases | National Science Foundation | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy
TFAI sent a letter to members of the Appropriations Committees urging them to continue investing in the nation’s research enterprise as they enter the FY24 appropriations process.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy | NASA
Status of FY23 appropriations including the President’s FY23 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Energy including the Office of Science and ARPA-E.
Status of FY23 appropriations including the President’s FY23 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Education including Title IV and Title VI funding.
Agency Budgets | Student Aid | Fact Sheets | FY23 | Federal Budget | Appropriations Tables | Department of Education
AAU President Barbara R. Snyder sent a letter urging Congressional leaders to avoid a year-long CR and pass an omnibus bill before the new year.
UMR Urges House and Senate Leadership to Increase NIH Funding by $2.5 billion in FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill.
Former Directors of the NSF and Chairs of the NSB wrote to the President, Vice President and the Congress to make the case for funding the NSF at levels authorized in the CHIPS and Science Act.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | FY23 | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | Innovation and Competitiveness
Status of FY23 appropriations including the President’s FY23 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Defense including 6.1 Basic Research, 6.2 Applied Research, 6.3 Advanced Technology Development, and DARPA.
Agency Budgets | Fact Sheets | FY23 | Federal Budget | Appropriations Tables | Department of Defense
Senators sent letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young urging the White House to include in the FY24 budget request the full amount authorized in CHIPS for the DOE Office of Science.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy
A humanities education provides individuals from all disciplines with the critical thinking and problem-solving knowledge and skillsets needed to address complex health, security, climate, and societal challenges.
Agency Budgets | FY24 | Federal Budget | Talking Points | Humanities | National Endowment for the Humanities