Click here to download a letter from the presidents of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities (AAU) and APLU that was recently sent to the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations leaders regarding the FY15 302 (b) allocations.  The letter urges appropriations leaders to make research and higher education programs a priority as they consider the subcommittee allocations. Below is an excerpt from the letter.

As you consider FY 2015 spending measures, we urge you to ensure that the 302 (b) allocations
for the Labor-HHS-Education, Commerce-Justice-Science, and Energy and Water Development
Subcommittees will support robust investments in research and higher education programs,
including: the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of
Energy’s Office of Science, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, NASA’s science and
technology programs, Pell Grants, and other federal student aid programs. We also urge you to
recommit to strong research investments in other agencies—the Departments of Defense and
Agriculture, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and the National Endowment for the Humanities—as you
determine 302 (b) allocations and set priorities for the various appropriations measures.

We understand how important subcommittee allocations are to the end results of the
appropriations process. Please use the allocations process to enable Congress to make a
significant down payment toward closing our nation’s innovation deficit in FY 2015.