AERA signed a Census Project letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick expressing concerns about an indefinite delay in the release of data from the American Community Survey (ACS) that the Census Bureau announced on August 4, 2026. (September 4, 2026)

AERA submitted comments to the National Science Foundation urging a delay of implementing proposed updates to the NSF Proposal/Award Information Guidance on Financial Assistance until the proposed White House Office of Management and Budget Regulation for Financial Assistance is final. (August 24, 2026)

AERA submitted comments in response to a Request for Information from the National Institutes of Health seeking input into future NIH efforts to measure and reward scientific impact. (August 19, 2026)

AERA joined 82 organizations on a letter to House and Senate Appropriations leaders to urge Congress to stop the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from implementing its proposed revisions to the Uniform Guidance, or any substantially similar policy. (July 30, 2026)

More Comments and Letters

IES Resumes Research Grant Competitions for FY 2027
AERA Highlights, August 2026

OSTP Releases “Science: A New Golden Age” Report and Recommendations for Future Federal Research Funding
AERA Highlights, August 2026

House and Senate Education Committees Take Divergent Approaches to Education Department Interagency Agreements
AERA Highlights, August 2026

House and Senate Advance Continuing Resolutions to Extend Current Funding Through December
AERA Highlights, August 2026

AERA Urges Protections for Research in Federal Grantmaking
AERA Highlights, July 2026

AERA Continues Fight Against NSF Grant Terminations
AERA Highlights, July 2026

AERA Urges Members to Weigh In on Proposed Federal Grantmaking Rule That Could Reshape Research Funding
AERA Highlights, June 2026

House Appropriations Committee Advances FY 2027 LHHS Bill With Deep Cut to IES, Modest Increase for NIH
AERA Highlights, June 2026

Nation’s Report Card to Add New State-Level Assessments Under Expanded Schedule
AERA Highlights, May 2026

House Appropriations Committee Advances FY 2027 CJS Bill Affecting NSF
AERA Highlights, May 2026

Reimagining IES Report Offers Recommendations for “Relevance and Renewal”
AERA Highlights, March 2026

NSF Updates: Reorganization of Directorates, NSB Meeting, Director Nomination
AERA Highlights, March 2026

House Appropriations Subcommittee Holds Hearing on the Science of Reading
AERA Highlights, February 2026

NIH Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans No Longer Classified as Clinical Trials
AERA Highlights, February 2026

Trump Administration Issues Final Rule on “Schedule Policy/Career” Positions in Federal Government
AERA Highlights, February 2026

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