AAU, along with 49 other organizations, sent a letter to Congressional appropriations leaders urging them to provide the highest possible FY21 funding for the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees to support USDA’s newly-announced goal of stimulating “innovation to substantially increase production while simultaneously cutting the environmental footprint of U.S. agriculture.”
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee members to outline their funding priorities for the FY21 NDAA.
AAU joined CNSF and 165 organizations, sent a letter to congressional science appropriators to request they set Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations funding equal to or greater than FY20 levels.
The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to request increased funding in FY21 for Defense Science and Technology program and select program elements that “drive innovations to ensure continued global U.S. military technological superiority.”
AAU, along with a group of 32 higher education and agriculture organizations, sent a letter to congressional agriculture appropriators to request they fund the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot, known as AgARDA, at the authorized level of $50 million for FY21.
Department of Defense (DOD)-funded basic research has contributed significantly to our nation’s economic and national security.
AAU supports the administration’s request to fund the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative with at least $480 million in FY21.
AAU urges Congress to provide at least $106 million for Title VI International Education programs in FY21.
NSF is focused on fundamental, interdisciplinary, and ground-breaking research and education needed to ensure that the U.S. remains at the forefront of science and innovation in the decades ahead.
Biomedical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and performed at research universities helps ensure U.S. leadership in the life sciences revolution of the 21st Century.