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Amicus Brief to the First Circuit in American Public Health Association et. al. v. NIH
| 11/19/2025 | ACE joined an amicus brief led by AAMC and AAU urging the First Circuit to uphold a ruling requiring the executive branch to reinstate billions in NIH research grants canceled after President Trump took office. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Law and Courts; Research; Research Funding
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Conference Recommendations on the NDAA
| 11/18/2025 | ACE and 21 higher education associations urged National Defense Authorization Act conferees to retain targeted research-security provisions while rejecting several proposals that would impose duplicative or unworkable restrictions on federally funded university research. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress on MSI Funding
| 10/3/2025 | On behalf of 20 other higher education associations, ACE urged congressional leaders to increase funding for Minority-Serving Institutions in FY 2026 and to reinstate funding that was cut during FY 2025. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Minority Serving Institutions
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress on FY 2026 Appropriations and Funding Implementation
| 9/30/2025 | ACE and more than 60 other higher education associations sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the inclusion of clear legislative language in the FY 2026 appropriations bills to ensure the executive branch carries out Congress’s funding decisions as intended. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congressional Appropriators on the FAIR Model
| 9/22/2025 | More than 160 organizations sent this letter this week to House and Senate appropriators urging support for the Joint Associations Group’s FAIR model for funding the full costs of federally supported research.
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Topic(s): Science and Technology; Research; Research Funding; Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Amicus Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Allow the Reinstatement of Canceled NIH Grants
| 8/1/2025 | Eight associations, including ACE, filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration’s bid to block reinstatement of about 1,200 canceled National Institutes of Health grants. |
Topic(s): Research; Research Funding; Science and Technology; Law and Courts
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Joint Association Letter to NIH on Reinstating Grants
| 7/29/2025 | A letter from six associations to the National Institutes of Health requesting the reinstatement of all grants that NIH has terminated under agency directives found by a federal court to be unlawful. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Research; STEM; Research Funding
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Summary: One Big Beautiful Bill Act
| 7/10/2025 | On July 3, 2025, the House passed the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a reconciliation bill makes enormous changes to the U.S. tax code, as well as federal programs that receive mandatory funding, such as federal student loans. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance; Tax Reform; Financial Aid; Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Bill Summary
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Bill Summary: 2025 Senate Reconciliation Package
| 7/1/2025 | This summary outlines the provisions in the Senate reconciliation bill that impact higher education institutions and students. The Senate passed the measure on July 1, 2025. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Student Loans; Financial Aid; Pell Grants; Federal Budget and Appropriations; Tax Reform; Taxation and Finance
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Type: Bill Summary
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Letter to the Senate on Proposed Reconciliation Bill
| 6/27/2025 | On behalf of 43 other higher education organizations, ACE wrote to Senate leadership with concerns about portions of the reconciliation bill under consideration and appreciation for other elements of the legislation. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Financial Aid; Taxation and Finance; Federal Budget and Appropriations
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Type: Letters and Comments
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