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AAU Statement on Preserving Merit-based Competition in Federal Research Funding
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 | Statements
Impact of Proposed Revisions to DHHS Conflict of Interest Policy on Commercialization of University Research
On May 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requested public comments on proposed revisions to the Public Health Services Conflict of Interest (COI) policy. In the responses DHHS received to its request for comment, several organizations expressed concerns that the…
Conflicts of Interest | Research Administration & Regulation | Recommendation
Guiding Principles for the America COMPETES Act Reauthorization (2013)
Hunter R.
Innovation and Competitiveness | Merit Review | Department of Energy | National Science Foundation | Letters
Task Force on Research Accountability (2001)
The 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 | Reports
AAU, Associations Express Support for Amendment to H.R. 2740
AAU 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 | Letters
TFAI Urges Congress to Raise the BCA Budget Caps
The Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI) sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the passage of a bipartisan, bicameral budget agreement that will raise the FY20 and FY21 defense and non-defense discretionary spending caps.
Federal Budget | FY20 | FY21 | Letters
Coalitions Urge Congressional Leadership to Raise Budget Caps
A group of 13 coalitions, nine of which AAU is a member, today sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to work toward a bipartisan agreement to raise the Budget Control Act’s budget caps for FY20 and 21. The letter asserts that “a bipartisan agreement is needed to permit robust federal…
Federal Budget | FY20 | FY21 | Agency Budgets | Letters
AAU, AAMC, APLU, and COGR Express Concerns with the Revised Common Rule
AAU, 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 | Letters
AAU, Associations Request Highest Possible FY21 CJS Allocation
AAU joined CNSF and 165 organizations, sent a letter to congressional science appropriators to request they set Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations funding equal to or greater than FY20 levels.
Federal Budget | FY21 | National Science Foundation | Letters
AFRI Coalition Requests at Least $480 Million for AFRI In FY21
AAU and 41 organizations joined the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Coalition in a March 20 letter to congressional agriculture appropriators to request they provide at least $480 million for the AFRI program in FY21.
Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Federal Budget | FY21 | Letters