Leading Research Universities Report

The National Science Foundation – the nation’s premier supporter of advancements in science and engineering – celebrated its 75th anniversary on May 10.

The House will soon consider a bill that would – via taxation – eat away at a crucial source of funding that colleges and universities use to support student scholarships and groundbreaking research.  

More than 50 chambers of commerce across 29 states joined forces recently to relaunch the Business for Federal Research Funding (BFRF) Coalition.

A recent brief from the Association of American Medical Colleges found that the NIH has canceled $1.9 billion in funding across hundreds of grants over the past few months.

The Global Research-Intensive Universities Network issued a statement on May 2 calling for increased international collaboration between research-intensive universities during a time of rising global tensions.

A recent Senate Appropriations Committee hearing demonstrated bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for maintaining robust levels of federal funding for biomedical research and innovation.

The Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan proposes many policies that would negatively affect students’ ability to access an affordable college education and that would harm institutions’ ability to enroll low-income students.

As President Trump proposes massive cuts to federal spending on science and research, multiple recent reports and studies show that these cuts would seriously harm the American economy, including at national, state, and local levels.

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that a college education offers a 12.5% rate of return for the typical graduate.

A series of new proposals and policy changes are creating fresh uncertainty for university researchers who rely on funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to conduct groundbreaking scientific and medical research.