CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Budget/Appropriations

Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to lobby for funding of select research and education programs in the FY24 budget and appropriations cycle, including: Agriculture (HR 4368, S. 2131): NIFA programs for capacity for research (Hatch, McIntyre-Stennis, Veterinary Services Grant, Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment, Animal Health & Disease Research) and extension (Smith-Lever, EFNEP) at land grant universities; competitive agriculture research programs (AFRI, SARE, Agriculture Genome-to-Phenome Initiative, Research Facilities); integrated activities (NAHLN, Crop Protection/Pest Management); Intermural research at ARS for Salaries and Expenses (Grape Genomics, Hemp) and Buildings and Facilities (National Grape Improvement Center); ERS; APHIS Veterinary Diagnostics; FDA CFSAN; SCRI Matching Funds Commerce, Justice, Science (HR 5893, S. 2321): EDA Build to Scale, EDA Regional Technology & Innovation Hubs, NSF, NSF Facilities (CHEXS), NSF Cross-Cutting Activities (NNIN), NASA Science, NASA Aerospace, NASA Space Technology, NASA Early Stage Innovation & Partnerships, NASA Education-Space Grant, NOAA-OAR, NOAA-Sea Grant, NOAA-Regional Climate Centers, NIST, DOJ OJP National Institute of Justice Research & Evaluation Defense: (HR 4365, S. 2587): Defense Basic Research (category 6.1), DARPA, Defense Health Research (including Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Program), AF-RDT&E-Applied Research Materials; Defense Wide RDT&E-Cybersecurity Research Energy and Water (HR 4394, S 2443): DoE Office of Science, ARPA-E, EERE Geothermal Technologies Interior (HR 4821, S 2605): NEH, EPA Science & Technology, USGS-WRRI, USGS-Cooperative Research Unit Labor HHS Education (HR 5894, S 2624): Education Programs - Pell Grant, SEOG, FWS, TRIO, GAANN, Title VI International Education; HHS Programs - Title VII Health Professions, CDC, CDC Vector Borne Disease Research, CDC Lyme Disease, CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness & Response, NIH, AHRQ, ARPA-H State, Foreign Ops: (HR 4665, S 2438) Educational & Cultural Exchange Programs (Fulbright), USAID Feed the Future Innovation Labs Transportation: (HR 4820, S. 2437) University Transportation Research Centers, Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to encourage enactment of a continuing resolution before the end of the fiscal year (HR 5860, PL 118-15)