Friends of IES, a coalition of organizations including AAU, sent a letter urging Congress to reach an agreement to raise the discretionary budget caps and provide $670M for IES in FY20.
The Friends of the Institute of Education Sciences, consisting of 30 organizations including AAU, sent a letter to House and Senate LHHS leadership to request $670 million for the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences.
The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member, wrote to Congress urging members to appropriate $9 billion in FY20 funding for NSF.
President Mary Sue Coleman expresses her disappointment in the administration's sweeping proposed cuts to non-defense discretionary spending at a critical time for our nation's international competitiveness.
United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the non-defense discretionary spending dictated by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to Senate Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the non-defense discretionary spending dictated by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman and APLU President Peter McPherson urged congressional leaders to negotiate a new bipartisan budget agreement that raises discretionary spending caps for fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Leadership urging them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the discretionary budget caps.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense and Director of the Office of Managment and Budget urging increases in the Defense S&T program.
"In an effort to begin to reach recommended funding levels, we urge you to include at least a 4
percent increase over enacted levels in the Defense S&T program including the defense basic
research programs in the FY 2020 budget request."
AAU joined APLU in a letter asking the White House Office of Management & Budget to prioritize research and higher education funding in the Administration's FY20 budget.