The Coalition for National Science Funding, of which AAU is a member and co-chair, sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar asking them to ensure that the administration requests “$15.65 billion in NSF research and education investments in FY24 as authorized in the CHIPS and Science Act.”
The letter urges the administration to “meet the established robust new funding targets for NSF to spur more research, increase STEM workforce preparation and participation, and develop a system of regional science and innovation hubs.” The letter notes that “failure to meet these levels of funding for NSF will result in a growing gap between authorized and actual funding that will equate to billions of dollars in lost opportunities to strengthen science, technology, innovation, and the STEM workforce.”