Archives
Below please find below archived content from the Advocacy Resources page. To view the most current resources available please visit our Advocacy Resources page.
Letters
- BU Submits Comments on Duration of Status Proposal (September 2025)
- BU Urges Support for the Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) Model (September 2025)
- Massachusetts Research Universities FY2026 Budget Priorities (March 2025)
- BU Comments on Proposed Changes to NIH Structure (August 2024)
- BU Responds to Request for Information on Cures 2.0 Act (August 2024)
- Massachusetts Research Universities FY2025 Budget Priorities (March 2024)
- BU Supports a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (July 2023)
- BU Comments on Proposed Research Security Program (June 2023)
- Massachusetts Research Universities FY2024 Budget Priorities (March 2023)
- MA Research Universities FY2023 Budget Priorities (April 2022)
- BU Priorities for Research Competitiveness Legislation (March 2022)
- BU Supports the NSF for the Future Act (May 2021)
- MA Research Universities FY22 Budget Priorities (March 2021)
- BU Opposes Plan to Shorten International Student Visas (October 2020)
- BU Urges Reversal of ICE Guidance on International Students (July 2020)
- BU Response to House Science Committee’s Request for Research Priorities After COVID-19 (April 2020)
- MA Research Universities FY21 Budget Priorities (February 2020)
- BU Recommendations for Addressing the Climate Crisis (November 2019)
- BU Recommendations on Advancing the U.S. Bioeconomy (October 2019)
- Concerns About Immigration Policy Changes (September 2019)
- Opposing New Restrictions on Human Fetal Tissue Research (July 2019)
- MA Research Universities FY20 Budget Priorities (March 2019)
- BU Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Title IX (January 2019)
- Support for Net Neutrality (May 2018)
- BU Comments on PROSPER Act (January 2018)
- MA Research Universities FY19 Budget Priorities (March 2018)
- Energy Science Coalition Supports DOE’s Office of Science (October 2017)
- Universities Urge Support for Dreamers (October 2017)
- Coalition for National Security Research Asks to Lift Budget Caps (October 2017)
- Energy Science Coalition Supports ARPA-E (October 2017)
- MA Research Universities FY18 Budget Priorities (March 2017)
- Support for FY17 National Institutes of Health Funding (February 2017)
- Support for Manufacturing Universities Grant Program (September 2016)
- Support for FY17 National Institutes of Health Funding (September 2016)
- MA Research Universities FY17 Budget Priorities (February 2016)
- BU Comments on Maximizing Federal Research Impact (August 2015)
- BU School of Medicine Supports NIH Innovation Fund (May 2015)
- MA Universities Thank Champion of Science Senator Ed Markey (March 2015)
- Massachusetts Research Universities FY16 Budget Priorities (March 2015)
- BU Provides Feedback on Proposed College Ratings Framework (February 2015)
- BU Supports American Cures Act (January 2015)
- BU Comments on Higher Education Affordability Act (August 2014)
- Universities’ Support for NASA FY15 Funding (April 2014)
- Massachusetts Research Universities’ FY15 Budget Priorities (March 2014)
- BU Supports American Cures Act (March 2014)
- Defense Researchers Express Concern (January 2014)
- New England Research Universities Urge End to Sequestration (December 2013)
- Science Community Urges Support for Federal Helium Reserve (September 2013)
- BU Comments on Higher Education Act Reauthorization (July 2013)
- NASA Community Urges Support for Space Technology Program (July 2013)
- Science Community Urges Support for ARPA-E (June 2013)
- Massachusetts Research Universities’ FY14 Budget Priorities (April 2013)
- Health Community Urges Support for NIH (February 2013)
Past Testimony & Briefings
- Professor Rena Conti (Questrom) testifies before the Senate Finance Committee about prescription drug pricing (September 2024)
- Professor Victoria Sahani (Law) testifies before the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet with respect to intellectual property (IP) litigation financed by third party investors and foreign entities (June 2024)
- Dr. Sarah Bagley (CAMED) testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance – Health Care Subcommittee on substance use disorder care in Medicare and Medicaid | CHIP (April 2024)
- Dr. Rebecca Ray (GDP Center) testifies before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (March 2024)
- Professor Rena Conti (Questrom) testifies before the House Oversight and Investigations Committee on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in prescription drug markets (September 2023)
- Professor Maya Steinitz (Law) testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on third-party litigation funding (September 2023)
- Professor Woodrow Hartzog (Law) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding regulating artificial intelligence (September 2023)
- Prof. Kevin Outterson (Law and CARB-X) testifies before Congress on the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (April 2023)
- Dr. Cecilia Han Springer (GDP Center) testifies on China’s climate change strategy and U.S.-China competition (March 2022)
- Dr. Rena Conti (Questrom) testifies on prescription drug spending reform (March 2022)
- Dr. Michelle P. Durham (MED) testifies on mental health and substance use disorders (February 2022)
- Prof. Joseph Fewsmith (Pardee) testifies on elite politics in China and the 20th Party Congress (January 2022)
- Dr. Michelle P. Durham (MED) testifies on mental health care in America (June 2021)
- Dr. Renee Boynton-Jarrett (MED) testifies on SNAP benefits (May 2021)
- Dr. Rebecca Ray (Pardee) testifies on China in Latin America and the Caribbean (May 2021)
- Dr. Thea James (MED) testifies on hunger in America (April 2021)
- Prof. Michael Siegel (SPH) testified before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on vaping (October 2019)
- Prof. Danielle Citron (Law) testified before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on internet privacy (October 2019)
- Provost Jean Morrison testified before the House Science Committee on harassment in science (June 2019)
- Prof. Paul Gugliuzza (Law) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on patent law (June 2019)
- Prof. Rebecca Ingber (Law) testified at Supreme Court nominee’s hearing (September 2018)
- Prof. Sarah Phillips spoke at a Capitol Hill briefing on agricultural policy (August 2018)
- Dr. Kristen Goodell testifies before the Senate on the health care workforce (May 2018)
- Dr. Casey Taft testifies before the Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee (March 2018)
- Ambassador Vesko Garcevic testifies before the Senate Committee on Intelligence (June 2017)
- Dr. Robert Stern testifies before the Senate on athlete safety (May 2017)
- Prof. Paul Gugliuzza on patent demand letter practices and solutions (February 2015)
- Dr. Roscoe Giles on American leadership in supercomputing (January 2015)
- Dr. Kevin Outterson on antibiotic resistence (September 2014)
- Dr. Robert Stern on brain injuries and diseases of aging (June 2014)
Miscellaneous