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AAU joined ACE and 99 other associations on a letter to House and Senate leaders outlining the harmful impacts of the pandemic on students and college and requesting they work quickly to finalize negotiations on pandemic relief that provides at least $120 billion to students and campuses.
COVID-19 | LettersThe FBI prepared a Liaison Information Report (LIR) to inform academia financial offices and other financial institutions about telephone-based scams targeting Chinese citizens on student and/or work visas.
Science & Security | COVID-19 | Immigration | BackgrounderReps. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) are circulating a bipartisan “dear colleague” letter to urge House leaders to provide $3 billion in research relief funding for the NSF. The requested funding parallels the authorization included in H.R. 7308/S. 4286, the “Research…
National Science Foundation | Federal Budget | COVID-19 | LettersAAU was joined by APLU, AAMC, and ACE on a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting relief that would make significant strides in avoiding long-term and devastating impacts to federal research and its workforce which underpins the ability of the nation’s patients, doctors, innovation and energy…
COVID-19 | LettersAAU joined ACE and 43 other organizations on a letter to House Leaders to request the next relief package include least $120 billion in aid.
COVID-19 | LettersAAU joined COGR, APLU, AAMC, AAAS, and ACE in writing to OMB from requesting that OMB extend the current flexibilities provided in M-20-26 in light of the continued impact of the pandemic on the conduct of research.
COVID-19 | LettersThe Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research issued a statement calling on negotiators to include emergency funding for medical research in the potential COVID-19 relief measure and to complete the FY1 appropriations process as quickly as possible.
COVID-19 | Federal Budget | National Institutes of Health | StatementsAAU, on Monday joined NACUBO, and other organizations to submit comments to the IRS in response to its April 24 notice of proposed rulemaking related to the implementation of a new “basketing” rule added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
COVID-19 | Taxation & Finance | CommentsAAU joined ACE and other higher education organizations to submit comments about the Main Street Lending program and underscore the importance of expanding the program to nonprofit private and public colleges and universities.
COVID-19 | CommentsPresident Mary Sue Coleman released a statement to support the “Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act,” which would authorize approximately $26 billion to support the nation’s research workforce and offset costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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