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In June 2009, the Committee on Science and Technology of the United States House of Representatives, in coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), convened a Scholarly Publishing Roundtable to examine the current state of scholarly publishing and develop con
Intellectual Property | ReportsThe Milken Institute today released a report ranking more than 200 U.S. universities for their ability to turn their research into products and startup companies. Seventeen AAU universities were ranked in the top 20 schools.
Technology Transfer | Intellectual Property | ReportsThe study, which sensibly attempts to draw distinctions among the widely varied business models of actors in the patent system, supports our long-held position that any efforts to reduce abusive litigation practices must be narrowly tailored to address the small minority of patent holders that are…
Patents | Intellectual Property | StatementsA statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of AAU, on the omnibus appropriations and tax bills Congress will consider this week.
Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | FY16 | Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Fiscal Policy | Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Press ReleasesAAU thanks Representative Stivers (R-OH) and Bill Foster (D-IL) for introducing the STRONGER Patents Act, bipartisan legislation that would effectively crack down on abuses of the U.S. patent system while taking steps to improve that system.
Patents | Technology Transfer | Intellectual Property | Press ReleasesAAU, together with six associations, sent a letter on June 20, 2019 to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) to encourage their support for an extension of a deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | LettersAAU, together with ACE, APLU, and other higher education associations, sent a letter to the full Senate urging action on legislation regarding recent changes to the so-called kiddie tax.
Taxation & Finance | LettersAAU, along with AAMC, APLU, AUTM, and COGR, Wednesday submitted for the record comments on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s gathering of public information about the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018.
Intellectual Property | CommentsOn September 3, AAU joined nine other higher-education associations in sending a letter to House and Senate appropriators to urge them to repeal the taxability of Pell grants by incorporating the “Tax-Free Pell Grant Act” as part of their final FY2022 reconciliation agreement.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersOn October 28, President Biden released his framework and fact sheet on a reconciliation package totaling $1.75 trillion over the next decade. This document is an analysis of the relevant components in the framework.
Federal Budget | Student Aid | Innovation and Competitiveness | Taxation & Finance | Analysis