AAU, APLU and ACE cite need for long-term economic growth, call for tax and entitlement reform to address broader budget issues.
AAU supports $450 million for AFRI in FY16.
AAU urges Congress to provide $155 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
AAU urges Congress to maintain the discretionary base of $4,860 for the Pell Grant to support the
scheduled increase in the maximum award to $5,915, which is comprised of both discretionary and
mandatory funding.
AAU urges Congress to provide at least $76 million for the Department of Education’s international education and foreign language programs.
AAU urges Congress to appropriate $5.4 billion for NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD),
which includes Earth Science, Planetary Science, Astrophysics, and Heliophysics.
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AAU recommends $5.34 billion for the DOE Office of Science.
AAU supports $7.7 billion for the National Science Foundation.
AAU urges Congress to provide $32 billion for the National Institutes of Health.
A letter from AAU, APLU and ACE to the House and Senate Budget Committees urging them to stop sequestration-level spending caps from taking effect in FY2016, and to give high priority to higher education programs and scientific research as they develop an FY2016 Budget Resolution.