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Government investment in the infrastructure that facilitates scientific research and advancement helped make America safer, stronger, and more successful in the 20th century. The challenges of the 21st century make it more important than ever to renew our commitment to that kind of forward-thinking…
Innovation and Competitiveness | Infrastructure and InnovationThe Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense urging increases in FY24 to the Department of Defense’s science and technology program.
FY24 | Department of Defense | Innovation and Competitiveness | Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | LettersAAU joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and 18 other higher education organizations in endorsing the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act (H.R. 3000), which “would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of low-income Pell Grant recipients access the American Opportunity…
Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Taxation & Finance | LettersSix coalitions joined a letter urging House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide the highest possible FY24 302(b) allocation for the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee.
Agency Budgets | FY24 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | National Science Foundation | NASA | LettersThe Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Coalition, which includes AAU, sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees requesting no less than $500 million for AFRI in FY24.
Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | FY24 | Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersA group universities today warned the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that pending legislation to address patent litigation abuses is so broadly drawn that it would weaken the nation’s patent system.
Intellectual Property | Patents | Innovation and Competitiveness | Press ReleasesAAU, APLU and ACE cite need for long-term economic growth, call for tax and entitlement reform to address broader budget issues.
Federal Budget | FY16 | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesAAU today thanked Senator Durbin for introducing the American Innovation Act, legislation that would help close the nation’s innovation deficit by bolstering funding for several federal research agencies.
Higher Education Legislation | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | Press ReleasesA statement by the AAU on the FY16 budget resolutions approved last week by the House and Senate Budget Committee and expected to be considered this week in the full House and Senate.
Federal Budget | FY16 | Innovation and Competitiveness | Press ReleasesAPLU and AAU released a set of principles and recommendations regarding innovation, technology transfer, and commercialization.
Intellectual Property | Technology Transfer | Innovation and Competitiveness | Press Releases