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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.

 

Association of American Universities Statement on Passage of FY17 Continuing Resolution

A statement by AAU President Mary Sue Coleman on Senate passage today of the FY17 continuing resolution, which includes significant funding for the National Institutes of Health pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act.
Press Releases | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | Innovation and Competitiveness

AAU Urges Congress to Pass the 21st Century Cures Act Now

AAU urges Congress to pass the 21st Century Cures Act during its current session.
Agency Budgets | Letters | National Institutes of Health

AAU Urges Congressional Leaders to Finish the FY17 Appropriations Process

AAU Urges Congressional Leaders to Finish the FY17 Appropriations Process.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative

AAU and APLU Urge Congress to Pass the 21st Century Cures Bill

The House and Senate’s bipartisan efforts on such legislation in the 114th Congress have been truly extraordinary and should not go unfulfilled.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | National Institutes of Health

AAU - APLU Letter to OMB on FY18 Budget

This letter is about OMB's FY2018 budget materials and guidance for the next administration which highlights the importance of providing robust investment in higher education and scientific research.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY18 | 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

AAU-APLU-COGR Letter on Proposed Changes to NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research and Consideration of Certain Human-Animal Chimera Research

AAU, APLU and COGR comment to Carrie D. Wolinetz, National Institutes of Health, on Federal Register Document number 2016-18601.
Agency Budgets | Letters | National Institutes of Health

AAU, APLU, COGR Joint Comments on NIH Stem Cell Policy

AAU, APLU, COGR letter on proposed changes to NIH guidelines for human stem cell research and consideration of certain human-animal chimera research.
Letters | Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health

AAU Urges Congressional Leaders to Complete the Appropriations Process for FY17

However, we strongly believe Congress can return after the election, as it has so often in the past, to complete the process.
Agency Budgets | Letters | Federal Budget | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative

AAU Supports Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Restoration of Year-Round Pell Grant and NIH Funding Increase

AAU today stated its strong support for the restoration of the year-round Pell Grant for low-income families and additional funding for the NIH contained in the Senate FY17 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.
Student Aid | Federal Budget | Press Releases | FY17 | National Institutes of Health | Department of Education

Associations Express Opposition to SBIR Set-aside

The undersigned scientific and professional societies, higher education associations, universities, and research institutions are writing to express their opposition to a provision in the Commercializing on Small Business Innovation Act of 2016 (HR 4783) which would increase the SBIR set-aside from 3.46 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2018 to 4.5 percent in FY 2022 of any federal agency budget that provides more than $100 million for research.
Letters | Technology Transfer | National Institutes of Health | Innovation and Competitiveness