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Organizations and institutions expressed concern about the impact of continued cuts, including sequestration, funding shortfalls in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, and the threat of additional cuts to offset the debt ceiling, on medical research supported by NIH, and the subsequent negative…
Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Fiscal Policy | Federal Budget | LettersCOGR, AAU and their member institutions appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on Draft HHS Gene Patent Report.
Patents | National Institutes of Health | Intellectual Property | Technology Transfer | LettersAAU said today that Congress is making good progress on the FY17 appropriations process but the picture is by no means all positive,
Federal Budget | FY17 | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesUniversities support goals of legislative proposals intended to curtail abusive practices in the patent system; such practices impair the ability of the U.S. patent system to foster innovation and economic competitiveness. Legitimate patent holders across the spectrum are victimized by these…
Intellectual Property | Patents | LettersAAU urges using the FY17/FY18 budget process to revitalize the federal government’s scientific research and higher education investment strategy.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | Fiscal Policy | LettersAAU, ACE, and four other higher education associations submit comments supporting the review and approval of the Interagency Edison (iEdison) System.
Patents | Intellectual Property | CommentsNDD letter urging the replacement of sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | StatementsAAU praised the report issued by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, chaired by Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesMore than 130 university presidents and chancellors sent a letter to the members of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to reach “a big agreement – not incremental steps” while working to close the nation’s budget deficit.
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesPresidents and chancellors of 153 leading universities urged President Obama and bipartisan congressional leaders to prevent deep across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in January as a result of budget sequestration.
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