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.
The Friends of Institute of Education Sciences, a coalition of more than 40 higher education organizations and universities including AAU, sent a letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young outlining two recommendations to support IES in FY24.
The Friends of Institute of Education Sciences, a coalition of more than 40 higher education organizations and universities including AAU, sent a letter asking congressional appropriators to include $844.1 million for IES as part of a final FY23 appropriations agreement
The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, which includes AAU, sent a letter urging Congress to finalize FY23 funding for NIH, including at least $47.5 billion for the NIH’s base budget and strong supplemental investments in ARPA-H.
CNSF, of which AAU is a member and co-chair, letter to House and Senate appropriations committee leaders urging them to complete FY23 appropriations before end of the year and to fund NSF at the highest level possible.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY23 | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | Innovation and Competitiveness
CNSF, of which AAU is a member and co-chair, letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young and OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar asking for the administration to request the full amount authorized in CHIPS and Science for NSF in FY24.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | Innovation and Competitiveness
TFAI, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan and OMB Director Shalanda D. Young urging them to increase investments in NSF in FY24.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | Innovation and Competitiveness
The Coalition for National Security Research, which includes AAU and other organizations, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urging an increase in FY24 over the FY23 funding levels for defense science and technology (S&T) programs, including the defense basic research programs.
The Energy Sciences Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter urging House and Senate leaders of the appropriations subcommittees on energy and water to appropriate at least $8.1 billion for the DOE Office of Science in FY23.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY23 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy
AAU wrote a letter to Congress urging them to finish FY23 appropriations process this fall.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Student Aid | Federal Budget | Science & Security | Innovation and Competitiveness
Letters from ESC and Members of House Science Committee Urge Energy Department, OMB, and OSTP to match funding levels for DOE Office of Science in FY24 with funding levels in the CHIPS and Science Act.
Agency Budgets | Letters | FY24 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy