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A series of five meetings were held in 2012 and 2013 focused on the issues of science and security and biological research. Meeting participants included the AAU, APLU, AAAS, and the FBI. Each meeting provided a corresponding report.
Science & Security | Laboratory Issues & Safety | Biological & Chemical Security | ReportsThe Association of American Universities (AAU) established the Task Force on Research Accountability in response to concerns that individual conflict of interest processes were not always achieving the highest standards, and that institutional conflict of interest policies had rarely been develop
Conflicts of Interest | Human Subjects Protection | ReportsEnclosed please find comments from the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Council on Governmental Relations on the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Revisions to Definitions in the Export Administration…
Science & Security | Biological & Chemical Security | Export Controls | Security Classification | MemoA statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of AAU, on the Bipartisan Budget Act.
Fiscal Policy | Federal Budget | Press ReleasesA statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of AAU, on the omnibus appropriations and tax bills Congress will consider this week.
Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | FY16 | Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Fiscal Policy | Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Press ReleasesFour Associations, including Association of American Universities, wrote in support of the proposal to delay the general compliance date of the revised common rule.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | LettersAAU and other organizations sent a letter to representatives Pocan, Deutch, DelBene, Speier, Raskin, Nadler, DeGette, Lee, Lofgren, and Khanna to express their support for their amendment to H.R. 2740
Human Subjects Protection | Conflicts of Interest | LettersAAU, AAMC, APLU, and COGR sent a joint letter to the Office for Human Resources Protection (OHRP) expressing concern about the application of the cooperative research requirement under the revised Common Rule.
Human Subjects Protection | Research Administration & Regulation | Conflicts of Interest | LettersTFAI letter to Senator Murray and Representative Hensarling stating belief that it is imperative that our government adopt policies to reduce the budget deficit and stabilize our national debt.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | LettersA letter to OMB Director Jacob Lew urging the Administration to continue to make federal student aid and basic research priorities for strategic investment spending in the FY13 budget.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Letters