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National Institutes of Health

Biomedical research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and performed at research universities helps assure U.S. leadership in the life sciences revolution of the 21st Century. Putting NIH on a sustained pathway to restore its purchasing power after a decade worth of loss to inflation and budget cuts is critical to sustaining the extraordinary progress in the improvement of human health of the past decades. Investment in NIH will continue to create jobs and strengthen the workforce, improve the lives—and quality of life—of millions of current and future patients, and help assure continuing U.S. economic and national security.

Sustained investment in biotechnology and genomics is crucial to the development of novel therapies for diseases, including: cancer, Alzheimer's, autism, and diabetes. The NIH also responds rapidly to public health emergencies and in support of biodefense, such as in the case of Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19.

 

AAU Submits Joint Comments on NIH Draft Public Access Policy

AAU, APLU, AAMC, and COGR submitted comments in response to a Request for Information from the National Institutes of Health Draft Public Access Policy. The comments highlight the organizations’ support of the goal of “providing public access to scholarly publications resulting from NIH-funded research”.
Letters | Public/Open Access | National Institutes of Health

AAU Submits Joint Comments Regarding New NIH Intramural Research Program Policy Proposal

AAU and APLU submitted joint comments regarding the NIH's proposed new policy within the Intramural Research Program (IRP) to promote access to products stemming from taxpayer-funded inventions. AAU shares concerns stating "the precedent the proposed terms will set for external R&D."
Letters | Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health

AAU Expresses Support for Innovative Approach to Providing Needed NSF Funding

Consequently, AAU is pleased to see the authors of the Spectrum and National Security Act of 2024 (S.4207) have recognized the need to enhance our national innovation capacity by directing some revenues to fund research and infrastructure at NSF and NIST to achieve funding levels previously authorized by Congress.
Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | Press Releases | National Institutes of Health

Invest in Health and Medical Research One Pager

One pager for advocacy focused on health and medical research.
2024 Advocacy Priorities | Federal Budget | Issue Brief | National Institutes of Health

AAU Statement on the Proposed Final Six Remaining Appropriations Bills

While AAU would have liked to have seen an increase in NIH funding in FY24, we are pleased that Congress will soon be able to avoid a year-long continuing resolution which will ensure that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can continue to fund new promising research projects.
Agency Budgets | Student Aid | Federal Budget | Affordability and Student Aid | Press Releases | National Institutes of Health

AAU Summary of the President's FY25 Proposed Budget

An overview of the President's full proposed budget for FY25, including summaries and analyses for individual agencies.

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Student Aid | FY25 | Federal Budget | Analysis | National Institutes of Health | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | National Endowment for the Humanities

AAU Submits Comments on the Department of Health and Human Services Proposed Rule on Research Misconduct Policies

AAU submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Research Integrity regarding its notice of proposed rule making on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct. AAU expressed concerns that the proposed regulations would “substantially increase – not decrease – the complexity of the research misconduct review process.”
Memo | Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health

University and Federal Actions Taken to Address Research Security Issues

As lawmakers consider measures related to securing federally funded research data and intellectual property, it is important to understand the current state of play for research security in the country to avoid new requirements that are duplicative, unnecessary, or counterproductive
Backgrounder | Science & Security | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Defense | Department of Energy

AAU, Associations Submit Letter in Opposition to Amendment 109 in H.R. 5894

AAU, and Associations sent a joint letter to House members in opposition to amendment #109 being offered by Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), and Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) as part of the consideration of H.R. 5894, the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2024
Letters | Costs of Research | National Institutes of Health

AAU President Welcomes Confirmation of Monica Bertagnolli as NIH Director

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder applauds the Senate for voting today to confirm Monica Bertagnolli as the director of the National Institutes of Health.
Press Releases | National Institutes of Health