VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Budget/Appropriations

Issues related to spending FY 2025 appropriated funds for science and engineering research and education at agencies including NIH, DOD, DOE, ED (research, such as IES, international education programs, and federal student aid including Pell Grants and campus-based aid programs), NSF, NASA, NEH and Title VIII nursing workforce development programs Issues related to FY 2026 appropriations for science and engineering research and education at agencies including NIH, DOD, DOE, ED (research, such as IES, international education programs, and federal student aid including Pell Grants and campus-based aid programs), NSF, NASA, NEH and Title VIII nursing workforce development programs H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for NSF and NASA (including Science, Space Technology, and STEM Education) H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Defense Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including Defense-Wide basic research initiatives and funding at DARPA; provisions related to research programs within Army Futures Command; provisions related to dependable AI for national security H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Energy-Water Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for the Dept. of Energys Office of Science and ARPA-E; language related to independent review and applied research for cleanup decision-making H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for NIH, federal student aid programs (including Pell Grants, work-study and SEOG), international education programs, the Institute of Education Sciences (and National Center for Special Education Research), and Title VIII nursing workforce programs and support for academic nursing H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Interior Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Act - provisions related to cybersecurity workforce development H.R. xxxx/S. xxxx, the FY 2026 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act - provisions related to community project funding request General issues related to budget reconciliation including tax and Title IV federal student aid provisions that would impact universities and students