These examples of past Golden Goose Award stories help demonstrate why curiosity-driven basic research matters, even when its value is not at first…

AAU is composed of America’s leading research universities - 71 research universities transforming lives through education, research, and innovation.

America should invest in NIH medical research, not retreat from it.

Vanderbilt University has announced that it is expanding its "Opportunity Vanderbilt" financial aid program to provide tuition-free scholarships to…

The injunction prohibits DHS from taking any further action to implement the rule while the litigation proceeds or until the court issues another order.

According to a new study from University of Wisconsin-Madison, a compound produced by bacteria in most people’s digestive tract increases the risk of…

The report estimates there will be 112,000 fewer foreign students on university campuses this year as compared to last, which could result in as much as…

The groups argue that OMB’s new proposal could dismantle the very ecosystem that has yielded countless medical advances, breakthrough technologies, entire…

The brief argued that ending duration of status would cause “irreparable harm” to universities, medical schools, and teaching hospitals as well as the…

A new study from Gallup and Lumina shows that college students across all ideological groups hold largely positive views about the leadership of their…

Quantum physics led to many discoveries in the 20th century, including transistors, laser, and MRI machines. Today, a second quantum revolution is…

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will let scientists survey the cosmos like never before, thanks in part to the expertise of dozens of URochester…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State University is one of eight universities selected to be part of Foundry School, a federal program focused on growing the workforce for American manufacturing…

To illustrate how the administration has set up barriers that keep foreign students out of American universities and the workforce, let’s consider the…

Fifteen schools now charge six figures per year for the total cost of attendance; others are on the verge.

Among other things, the bill blocks OMB from finalizing its proposal to make significant changes to how federal agencies administer scientific and…

The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to elect C. Cybele Raver as the university’s 17th president, making official the choice announced Aug. 18. Raver will take office…

USC researchers have developed custom, 3D-printed MRI sensors that take minutes to make at a fraction of the cost and give doctors clearer views of small…

Like Dolly Parton, the government-university partnership that led to COVID vaccine is a national treasure.

In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.

OMB has framed the proposed changes as necessary to protect national security and safeguard taxpayer dollars. However, the…

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

A study co-led by UCLA found patients who received daraxonrasib, an investigational, first-in-class oral drug designed to block one of the primary drivers…

Using digital twin technology and artificial intelligence to simulate conditions at a real-life airport, University of Florida researchers are conducting…

The BU Promise eliminates loans and simplifies undergraduate financial aid for domestic students.

On August 8, the Senate voted 90-6 to pass a bipartisan bill to keep the government open through December 11. Among other things, the bill blocks the…

A proposed Office of Management and Budget rule will ban all research funding for U.S. science collaboration with China, which has surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top investor and producer of science and engineering research and development.

The research could speed up breeders’ development of new varieties.

The future is deeply uncertain for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the agency within the United States Department of Education responsible for…

The NSF recently announced that it is investing $380 million in AI-enabled autonomous labs across the United States. The investment will result in a…

Expanded Rice Investment strengthens access and affordability while building opportunity for future generations.

AUTM's Better World Project seeks to highlight successful examples of technology transfer, demonstrating its importance and positive impact on the world.

Many AAU members are represented as both leads and as institutional partners in the 278 projects selected for the Genesis Mission’s initial national portfolio of research teams.

Taken together, their comments paint a troubling picture of how OMB’s proposal could undermine the effectiveness and stability of federal financial assistance, making it harder for nonprofits, states, and localities from carrying out their public service missions.

A study by UC Santa Cruz indicates that plastic swallowed by seabirds caused impaired fertility, development, and behavior, similar to responses seen in humans.

This shift in career intentions, the study’s authors say, is an early warning that the U.S. STEM talent pipeline – which feeds both academic and industrial research and development – is cracking.

Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds

The study shows that most so-called “unicorn founders” of billion-dollar startups are significantly more educated than the general population. The highest producing schools are all AAU institutions.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Traumatic brain injuries are a pervasive yet elusive health problem, affecting millions worldwide. According to recent data, an estimated 2 million people experience a traumatic brain injury each year in the U.S. From kids and adults on playing fields, to soldiers and sailors on battlefields, the risk of brain injury includes everything from mild concussion to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a progressive disease often associated with football players who suffer repeated blows to the head.

Though NASA’s astronauts are back on Earth following the completion of the Artemis II mission, the scientific impact of their historic trip around the moon will continue to reverberate for years to come – and research from AAU member universities is partially responsible for the success of the program that launched it.

In a new study, scientists at the UC Irvine reveal how clusters of lightning-ignited fires, called fire complexes, are the chief drivers of the most destructive fire years, making agencies better equipped to manage such fires when they occur.

University research has played a key role in developing technological tools that help the U.S. military keep supplies moving in "constested logistics" environments, where adversaries target supply routes, bases, infrastructure, and the data and networks that support them. These tools like AI-driven forecasting, drones, 3D printing, and localized energy systems make military logistics more flexible, reliable, and resilient.

Jessica Cantlon had a grant with the U.S. Navy to explore whether people could improve spatial problem-solving skills through training. Then the program was cut.

AAU has submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging it to rescind or seriously modify a set of changes the agency has proposed that would affect the entire system for federal grants and other federal financial assistance.