Support for federal financial aid programs to include the Pell Grant program Concerns with Financial Value and Gainful Employment reporting implementation Improvements to the FAFSA Support for GRAD PLUS loan program Concerns with changes in definitions of "graduate" and "professional" student under consideration in implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Support for NIH and CDC funding and institute programs Concerns with 15% cap of facilities and administrative cost rate at NIH
Support for SBIR/STTR funding and reauthorization. Technological commercialization through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
FY 26 and FY 27 robust funding for federal research agencies including, NIH, CDC, NSF, Department of Defense (Army RDT&E; USACE), NASA, National Endowment for the Humanities, Educational and Cultural Affairs program at Department of State(including Fulbright Program), Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), Department of Energy Office of Science, and federal student aid programs including Pell Grant program, Federal Work-Study, Graduate Areas of National Need program, Supplemental Educational Opportunities Grant program (SEOG), and TRIO and Gear Up Support for Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Support for Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) Budget Model for Facilities and Administrative cost H.R. 7148/H.R. 7006
FY26 and FY27 NDAA priorities for RDTE
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FY26 and FY27 appropriations for all federal agencies supporting science and technology research, including NASA, NSF, NOAA, NIST, DOD, ARPA-H, and DOE.
Issues impacting student athletes, including those related to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act or the SCORE Act, H.R. 4312