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Higher Education Associations Express Concerns Over Administration's Rescission Request
AAU and ACE joined thirty-three other higher education associations to urge appropriators to not include or at least reject any rescission proposals that include federal student aid.
FY18 | Student Aid | Letters
Higher Education Associations Send Letter to Office of Management and Budget expressing concern about FY18 Budget Rescissions
AAU, ACE, and thirty-three other organizations sent this letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to express their concerns regarding possible FY2018 Budget rescission and the inclusion of federal student aid programs.
FY18 | Student Aid | Letters
CNSF Urges Appropriators to Fund NSF at $8 Billion for FY18
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) sent a letter to appropriators in both the House and Senate urging Congress to fund the National Science Foundation (NSF) at $8 billion for FY18. 
Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | FY18 | National Science Foundation | Letters
Coalition for National Security Research Urges Robust S&T Funding Under New FY18 Budget Caps
Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging Congress to robustly fund the Department of Defense science and technology program for FY18.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Department of Defense | FY18 | Letters
Associations Thank Congressional Leaders for FY18 Funding Bill
AAU joined ACE and over three dozen higher education organizations in a letter to party leadership thanking them for "the commitment to student aid and scientific research in the Fiscal Year 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act."
Federal Budget | FY18 | Letters
The Research University Role in a Great America
In this blog post, AAU President Coleman explains the unique partnership between the federal government and American universities to perform research to strengthen national security, improve public health, and bolster economic competitiveness.
The Partnership | Mary Sue's Desk
The ‘Ice Road Truckers of Science’ and Why We Need Them
Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Brad Schwartz, CEO of the biomedical Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, wrote in support of basic science in this commentary published by The Hill.
The Partnership | The University of Wisconsin-Madison | Articles & Op-Eds
Will America Yield its Position as the World’s Leader in Science and Technology?
Eric S. Lander, the founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is worried that no one seems to be arguing about what needs to be done to ensure America's position as the world's leader in science and technology.
The Partnership | Articles & Op-Eds
Falling Short on Science
Maria T. Zuber, vice president for research at M.I.T., writes that amid the turbulence in Washington, "It’s easy to miss the fact that part of what’s at stake is America’s dominance in science, engineering, and innovation."
The Partnership | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Articles & Op-Eds
AAU Summary of FY18 Omnibus Package
This document summarizes the FY18 Omnibus funding bill for federal agencies and programs of interest to research universities.
FY18 | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Department of Defense | Department of Education | Department of Energy | National Institutes of Health | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Science Foundation | NASA | Student Aid | Federal Budget | Analysis