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…

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Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.

Controversial changes that give US political appointees more power over research funding will also hit transatlantic science cooperation, European universities and researchers have warned. Sweeping ch...

If a new administration proposal that changes the way the federal government awards and administers grants takes effect, municipalities, hospitals, and nonprofits could see downgraded credit ratings, making life more expensive for all of us.

While FY25 was already one of the worst years in NSF’s recent history in terms of how many grants went out its doors, the current fiscal year is shaping up to be even worse.

Research organizations warn a proposed rule for federal grants would upend the medical and technological advances that set U.S. science apart.

While FY25 was already one of the worst years in NSF’s recent history in terms of how many grants went out its doors, the current fiscal year is shaping up to be even worse.

A decades-old partnership between federal research agencies and research universities has helped sustain doctoral education in the United States – but new data show that universities are cutting back ...

Last month, the White House Office of Management and Budget published a proposal that would make significant changes to how federal agencies administer financial assistance, including research grants. If allowed to go into effect, the changes would seriously harm the American scientific research enterprise.

In a recent RCE op-ed piece, author Cliff Smith advocated for a bill currently before the United States Senate by seriously mischaracterizing a quote from our organization’s analysis of a n

Saturday, June 6, marks the 82nd anniversary of the D‑Day invasion. Advances in meteorological science, developed significantly by government forecasters and researchers at America’s colleges and univ...

Saturday, June 6, marks the 82nd anniversary of the D‑Day invasion. Advances in meteorological science, developed significantly by government forecasters and researchers at America’s colleges and univ...

The NIH has been holding back grants from funds Congress has already approved.

How big is NASA's budget right now? What was it like in the past? How does it compare to the rest of government spending? These answers, as well as…

So why aren’t agencies spending the money they have?

AAU urges Congress to reject the proposed cuts to scientific agencies in the FY27 Presidential Budget Request.

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🚀 Calling All Doctoral Students & Early-Career Scholars in Science & Innovation Policy! Please help spread the word and repost! Applications are now open for the 2026 Atlanta Academy on Science and In...

A new AAU analysis of publicly available data from the National Institutes of Health shows a significant slowdown in the rate of competitive awards made by the agency so far this fiscal year.

AAU thanks Congress for its reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR programs, helping to commercialize university research and bring discoveries from the lab to the marketplace.

As China picks up speed in the race for scientific and technological advancement, the United States is taking history’s most ill-timed smoke break, writes AAU President Barbara R. Snyder.

AAU thanks Congress for rejecting the massive, administration-proposed cuts to key scientific research agencies, as well as the remaining FY26 spending bills it is likely to consider later this week.

The Joint Associations Group (JAG) thanks Congress for its support of funding scientific research and infrastructure in the final FY26 appropriations, along with the inclusion of language in the bill that helps advance JAG's FAIR model recommendations.

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Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

The latest release of the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey by the National Science Foundation shows that colleges and universities significantly increased their own support for ...

Trump has altered the government’s relationship with higher education in ways that will be difficult to undo. Some schools say a change was needed.

A bipartisan bill introduced by Gary Peters was signed into law and will fund the Great Lakes Science Center for the next five years.

Veteran executive Eric Horvitz argues talent and ideas will move abroad without US support for universities

District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.

Congressional appropriators tossed aside the Trump administration’s requested cuts at NOAA, NIST, NSF and NASA in fiscal year 2026 funding bills released Monday.

Twelve-year-old Lauren Eglite was thrilled to attend a Notre Dame football game with her father, Erik, in 2017, even though her acute peanut allergy demands constant vigilance.

AAU's member presidents and chancellors elected University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod today as chair of the AAU Board of Directors.