The Coalition for National Science Funding wrote to Senate and House leadership urging the passage of a bipartisan budget agreement that appropriates at least $7.8 billion for NSF in FY 2018
AAU joined 108 national research organizations to oppose cuts to NIH funding and facilities and administrative (F&A) reimbursements in the Administration's FY18 budget.
AAU expressed concern about the proposed cuts to NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the National Science Foundation proposed in the Administration's FY18 budget request.
Multiple coalitions urged members of the 115th Congress to pass a bipartisan budget agreement that increases the spending caps for both defense and non-defense discretionary programs.
Letters | Federal Budget | FY18 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
AAU sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to raise the FY18 defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps.
AAU sent a letter to budget leadership urging them to raise discretionary spending caps in FY18 Budget Resolution.
This multi-organization letter urges leadership in the House and Senate to reject Administration-proposed cuts to science as they begin crafting the fiscal year 2018 appropriations.
Congressional leaders are urged to consider the following points in their deliberations:
AAU Summary of the President's FY18 Budget Proposal
Student Aid | FY18 | Analysis | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
Our nation’s research enterprise is among the most powerful engines for American prosperity. One of the consistent areas of bipartisan agreement over the past 70 years has been the importance of the federal government’s role in supporting research and innovation.
Rep. Don Byer (D-VA) and 68 other Members of the House submitted a letter to appropriators requesting specific FY18 funding levels for the Department of Energy's ARPA-E, Innovation Hubs, Energy Frontier Research Centers, and Clean Energy Partnerships.