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While AAU would have liked to have seen an increase in NIH funding in FY24, we are pleased that Congress will soon be able to avoid a year-long continuing resolution which will ensure that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can continue to fund new promising research projects.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Press ReleasesAAU Statement on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Hearing "Examining Federal Science Agency Actions to Secure the U.S. Science and Technology Enterprise."
Research Administration & Regulation | Science & Security | LettersThe Double Pell Alliance, of which AAU is a Steering Committee Member, sent a letter to congressional appropriation leaders urging them to double the maximum Pell Grant Award to $13,000.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersThe Student Aid Alliance, of which AAU is a member of the Steering Committee, sent a letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education and Director Shalanda Young of the Office of Management and Budget urging them to increase federal student aid for the fiscal year 2026 budget…
Federal Budget | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | LettersThe American Talent Initiative has awarded grants to five AAU institutions to support projects “that break barriers and increase college access and success for lower-income students.”
Affordability and Student Aid | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Indiana University Bloomington | Georgia Institute of Technology | University of California Santa Cruz | Stony Brook University - The State University of New York | Leading Research Universities ReportA new report from the College Board reveals that, despite rising sticker prices (published tuition and fees) for full-time undergraduate students, the net price that students and their families pay after grant aid, even after adjusted for inflation, is lower than it was 10 years ago.
Affordability and Student Aid | Leading Research Universities ReportAAU and APLU submitted joint comments regarding the NIH's proposed new policy within the Intramural Research Program (IRP) to promote access to products stemming from taxpayer-funded inventions. AAU shares concerns stating "the precedent the proposed terms will set for external R&D."
Research Administration & Regulation | National Institutes of Health | LettersDartmouth College's Call to Lead campaign raised over $120 million in scholarship gifts and pledges to the endowment, allowing the elimination of need-based loans as part of undergraduate students’ financial aid packages and replacing them with expanded scholarship grants beginning with the 2022…
Affordability and Student Aid | DartmouthDartmouth College announces a groundbreaking bequest of over $150 million from the late Glenn and Barbara Britt, setting a new national benchmark in educational support for middle-income families.
Affordability and Student Aid | DartmouthThe University of Pennsylvania announced the Quaker Commitment, a sweeping new financial aid initiative designed to support families from middle-income backgrounds by increasing financial aid packages and guaranteeing full tuition scholarships to a greater number of students.
Affordability and Student Aid | Student Aid | University of Pennsylvania