Press Releases

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder issued a statement congratulating Michael Kratsios on his Senate confirmation as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder issued a statement congratulating Jay Bhattacharya on his Senate confirmation as director of the National Institutes of Health.

AAU statement regarding the administration's executive order to dismantle Department of Education personnel and programs.

Statement of AAU President Barbara R. Snyder regarding the cancellation of $400 million in federal contracts and grants to Columbia University.

AAU, ACE, and APLU have jointly filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, along with a number of impacted research university co-plaintiffs, seeking to halt the NIH's proposed cut to life-saving medical research.

Statement from AAU President Barbara R. Snyder on NIH's announcement that it will cut reimbursement of facilities and administrative (F&A) research costs.

We appreciate the administration’s reconsideration of its pause of critical grant-funded scientific and technological research which would have set back U.S. scientific competitiveness against global competitors and potential adversaries. 

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder has issued a statement regarding the pause to federal grants ordered by the Office of Management and Budget, which would harm our country's ability to maintain its scientific technological lead against competitors and potential adversaries.

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder congratulates former White House CTO Michael Kratsios on being named by President-elect Trump to be director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as well as assistant to the president in the upcoming administration.

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder congratulates Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on his selection by President-elect Trump to be director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the upcoming administration.