CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Budget/Appropriations

Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to lobby for funding of select research and education programs in the FY26 budget and appropriations cycle, including: Agriculture: NIFA programs for capacity for research (Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, Veterinary Services Grant, Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment, Animal Health & Disease Research) and extension (Smith-Lever, EFNEP, Renewable Resources Exetension) at land grant universities, competitive agriculture research programs (AFRI, SARE, Agriculture Genome-to-Phenome Initiative, SCRI); 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 + Greenhouses and Growth Chambers); ERS; APHIS Veterinary Diagnostics; FDA CFSAN Commerce, Justice, Science: 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 and Aquaculture, NOAA-Regional Climate Centers, NIST, DOJ OJP National Institute of Justice Research & Evaluation, Facilities & Administrative Expense Reimbursement Defense: 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; Navy RDT&E Applied Research Environmental Protection, DoD Facilities & Administrative Expense Reimbursement Energy and Water: DoE Office of Science, ARPA-E, EERE Geothermal Technologies, DoE Facilities & Administrative Expense Reimbursement Interior: NEH, EPA Science & Technology, EPA Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound, USGS-WRRI, USGS Cooperative Research Unit Labor-HHS-Education: Education Programs - Pell Grant, SEOG, FWS, TRIO, Title VI International Education; HHS Programs - Title VII Health Professions, CDC, CDC Vector Borne Disease Research, CDC Lyme Disease, NIH, AHRQ, ARPA-H, NIH Reorganization, NIH Cap on Facilities & Administration Reimbursement National Security-State: Educational & Cultural Exchange Programs (Fulbright), Feed the Future Innovation Labs, asked Congress to transfer support for USAID university and higher education programs to State Department. Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to request support for activities meant to prod federal departments, agencies, and programs to continue spending funds appropriated in FY25. Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to explain the effect of cancelled and/or frozen programs and grants, and to request assistance with the administration. Met with Senators, Representatives, and legislative staff to encourage passage of a continuing resolution to end the government shutdown. (PL 119-37)