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The Task Force on American Innovation, of which AAU is a member, encouraged Congress to increase funding for scientific and engineering in a press release.
Federal Budget | FY21 | National Science Foundation | NASA | Department of Energy | Department of Defense | StatementsAAU Board of Directors October 21, 2018 approved a statement concerning Congressional earmarking of federal research funds. The statement notes that earmarks may reduce the capacity of federal research agencies that sponsor merit-based competitions to support the most promising research.
Merit Review | Research Administration & Regulation | StatementsStatement by AAU and APLU praising the Obama administration's final rule amending the “Common Rule,” the set of regulations governing federally funded research using human subjects.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | StatementsThe 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 | StatementsHigher Education Association statement on Federal Trade Commission’s Patent Assertion Entity Activity Study, 2016.
Intellectual Property | Patents | StatementsJoint Statement of AAU, APLU, and COGR: “Academic Research Regulatory Relief: A Review of New Recommendations”
Innovation and Competitiveness | Research Administration & Regulation | StatementsUniversity groups’ statement on National Academies report to optimize federal investments in academic research.
Research Administration & Regulation | Human Subjects Protection | StatementsA statement by AAU on three FY16 appropriations bills the House has passed that fund scientific research.
Federal Budget | Agency Budgets | NASA | National Science Foundation | Department of Energy | Department of Defense | StatementsHigher education associations expressed their continued serious concerns about the Innovation Act (H.R. 9), the proposed Manager’s Amendment, and the process by which the legislation has been developed.
Intellectual Property | Patents | StatementsAAU, APLU, AAMC, ACE, AUTM, and COGR today released the following statement on the introduction of the PATENT Act by Senators Grassley, Leahy, Cornyn, Schumer, Hatch, Klobuchar, and Lee, 2015.
Intellectual Property | Patents | Statements