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The Bayh-Dole Coalition's newly released 2025 Faces of American Innovation report highlights researchers whose federally funded inventions have made a global impact.
“Unless we want the 21st century to be the China century, we need to innovate,” said National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt in her second annual "State of the Science" address.
The White House's FY26 budget proposal includes steep cuts to science and education programs across the federal government.
The Trump administration has announced a series of policies that could severely restrict international students from coming to the United States.
AAU and APLU expressed deep concern that recent management changes and the proposed FY26 budget for NSF could undermine U.S. scientific and technological leadership.
When the House of Representatives managed to pass its FY26 budget reconciliation package (on a narrow party-line vote of 215-214) on May 22, it included several provisions that would harm students and universities – and would be particularly harmful for research funding and student financial aid.
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.
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.