The Energy Sciences Coalition urges Congress to provide 9.5 billion in FY 2027 for the DOE Office of Science to reverse recent cuts, expand core research, facilities, and workforce programs, and accelerate U.S. leadership in critical technologies like AI, quantum, fusion, and microelectronics for energy and national security.
At a recent DOE summit, university and science philanthropy leaders came together to begin developing a vision for success for the Genesis Mission, a national initiative that seeks to harness the power of AI to solve the most difficult challenges facing the nation.
The Energy Sciences Coalition urges Congress to swiftly pass the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, including the DOE Quantum Leadership Act provisions, to expand funding, infrastructure, workforce training, and public‑private partnerships that sustain U.S. leadership and early applications in quantum science and technology.
AAU signs a letter with business advocacy groups urging Congress to pass a strong full-year FY26 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill before the January 30, 2026, CR deadline to sustain Department of Energy innovation funding. It warns that failing to do so would weaken U.S. energy leadership and security amid intensifying global competition.
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AAU responds to a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information (RFI) on “Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise.” AAU urges the administration to expand university–industry partnerships, reject an “innovation tax” on university licensing royalties, reduce regulatory burdens, sustain high-risk/high-reward and AI-enabled science investments, and harmonize research security and merit-based grantmaking policies.
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An advocacy brief focused on the critical role of ARPA-E in bolstering U.S. energy innovation leadership.
The Energy Sciences Coalition urges the Administration to request at least $9.5 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science in FY 2027, emphasizing this investment is critical for advancing U.S. leadership in energy, technology, and national security through research, innovation, workforce development, and facility upgrades.
The Energy Sciences Coalition (ESC), of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Mike Lee encouraging them to consider the nomination of Dr. Dario Gil as the Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science as soon as possible.
On June 30, 2025, Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a motion submitted by the government to convert the nationwide preliminary injunction issued on May 15, 2025 into a final judgment vacating the DOE Rate Cap Policy and its applicability to institutions of higher education nationwide. The government will have 60 days to appeal the decision and is expected to do so.