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AAU Board of Directors October 21, 2018 approved a statement concerning Congressional earmarking of federal research funds. The statement notes that earmarks may reduce the capacity of federal research agencies that sponsor merit-based competitions to support the most promising research.
Merit Review | Research Administration & Regulation | StatementsHunter R.
Innovation and Competitiveness | Merit Review | Department of Energy | National Science Foundation | LettersThe 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 | ReportsFour 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 | LettersStatement by AAU and APLU praising the Obama administration's final rule amending the “Common Rule,” the set of regulations governing federally funded research using human subjects.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | StatementsUniversity groups’ statement on National Academies report to optimize federal investments in academic research.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | StatementsThe analysis found that over 95% of patients and members of the research community were opposed to one or more of the major proposed changes.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | AnalysisWe concur with OHRP’s conviction in the foundational principles of the Belmont Report, and furthermore emphasize that justice and beneficence merit equal consideration alongside autonomy.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | Letters