STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, SUNY STONY BROOK

FY26 and FY27 Appropriations and Authorization bills for federal research agencies including DOD, HHS, NIH, NSF, NASA, NOAA, NIST and Departments of Energy and Education; Pell Grant Funding; FY26 Congressionally Directed Spending for Stony Brook University Energy Security: High Performance materials for nuclear energy research. Increase Quantum research funding opportunities.

H.R. 5064/S.2743 - Save Our Safety Net Hospitals Act; H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; FY26 LHHS Appropriations; Administration Changes to H-1B / J-1B visa programs; Administration Changes to Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement; Advanced Premium Tax Credit extension; COVID-19 telehealth extension; Medical Research Funding, including NIH, CDC and HRSA; and Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME)

Student financial aid funding including the Pell Grant, Federal Work Study program, the Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) program; education provisions included in H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Additionally, Dept. of Education regulatory changes including graduate student loan limits; inclusion of professional degrees in definition.

Enhance communication training of DoD researchers and increase science research partnerships between Stony Brook University and DoD.

Proposed changes to OPT; H1B fee increase; and duration of status.