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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 | StatementsOn 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 | RecommendationHunter 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 | ReportsAAU 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 | LettersAAU submitted comments in response to the NSTC Joint Committee on the Research Environment’s recent request for information seeking input that the administration can use to “maximize the quality and effectiveness of the American research environment.
Research Administration & Regulation | Conflicts of Interest | Science & Security | Campus Climate and Safety | LettersWe stand united in our support for the NIH, its mission, and its world-renowned peer review process.
National Institutes of Health | Merit Review | LettersReply to Chairman Smith’s response to the AAU statement on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s inquiries into NSF research grants.
Research Administration & Regulation | Merit Review | StatementsAAU, today said that a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology inquiry targeting some 60 NSF grants “is having a destructive effect on NSF and on the merit review process.”
Research Administration & Regulation | Merit Review | Press Releases