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AAU President Hunter Rawlings' opening remarks at press conference on sequestration and the American workforce.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | Speech/RemarksAAU and APLU urge congressional conferees on the FY14 budget to reach an agreement that promotes economic growth and helps close the nation's innovation deficit by eliminating sequestration and placing a high priority on research and higher education investments.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | LettersCollected tax-policy proposals from the higher education community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 | Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | MemoThe Task Force on American Innovation, which includes AAU, sent a letter to congressional leaders asking them to take “decisive actions to address the short- and long-term impacts of [the] nationwide ramp-down and shuttering of labs” caused by the dramatic reduction of non-COVID-19-related research…
Innovation and Competitiveness | Federal Budget | COVID-19 | LettersSen. Ed Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Senate leaders asking them to “address the challenges faced by the U.S. scientific research workforce during” the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersPresident Mary Sue Coleman writes about how universities are creating new tools to guard research against threats to national security and competitiveness
Science & Security | Innovation and Competitiveness | Articles & Op-EdsCNSF recommends the House Space, Science, and Technology Committee provide additional funding for the NSF’s ongoing and future coronavirus research; research grants for students, faculty, and facilities; mid-scale research programs; and for the NSF’s role in the nation’s economic recovery post-…
National Science Foundation | COVID-19 | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersAAU joined NACUBO and six other associations on a letter to the Treasury Department to ensure that emergency grant aid for students included in the CARES Act is not treated as taxable income or traditional educational grant aid.
Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | COVID-19 | LettersThe Task Force on American Innovation urges co-chairs of the FY14 budget conference committee to reach an agreement that eliminates the sequester.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | LettersAAU issues statement on the Bipartisan Budget Act, expressing hope that Congress will approve the measure and enact appropriations bills that restore vital funding for research and higher education.
Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Fiscal Policy | Statements