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AAU has prepared a summary of the June 4 Senate HELP Committee held a hearing titled “COVID-19: Going Back to College Safely,” which focused on whether and how universities will reopen in the fall, their testing, tracing, distancing, and athletics plans, and the financial impact of these plans.
COVID-19 | Issue BriefThis memorandum to federal policymakers represents a compilation of responses received from AAU Senior Research Officers concerning the need to extend regulatory flexibilities granted to federal research agencies and to universities by the Office of Management in Budget in response to issues…
COVID-19 | Research Administration & Regulation | LettersAAU and APLU sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought requesting federal investments in research and higher education be prioritized in the administration’s FY22 budget request.
COVID-19 | FY22 | LettersAAU joined ACE and eight other higher education associations on a letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to provide at least $120 billion in new federal pandemic aid for colleges and universities.
COVID-19 | LettersAAU letter to President Obama and Congressional Leaders. The Task Force on American Innovation, representing a broad and diverse cross section of companies, universities, and professional societies, is deeply concerned about the impact of the upcoming budget sequestration on federally funded basic…
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersThe Task Force on American Innovation sent a letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders urging them to include increased investments for science and technology research and development in FY21 appropriations.
Innovation and Competitiveness | Department of Energy | National Science Foundation | NASA | Department of Defense | Federal Budget | LettersAAU 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 | LettersLinked below is a list of various Research and Development bills that House Science Committee has developed and advanced.
Innovation and Competitiveness | AnalysisThe 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 | Letters