UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

EDU · Education

Support for federal financial aid programs to include the Pell Grant program Concerns with Financial Value and Gainful Employment reporting implementation Improvements to the FAFSA Support for GRAD PLUS loan program Concerns with changes in definitions of "graduate" and "professional" student under consideration in implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

MED · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Support for NIH and CDC funding and institute programs Concerns with 15% cap of facilities and administrative cost rate at NIH

SMB · Small Business

Support for SBIR/STTR funding and reauthorization. Technological commercialization through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

FY 26 and FY 27 robust funding for federal research agencies including, NIH, CDC, NSF, Department of Defense (Army RDT&E; USACE), NASA, National Endowment for the Humanities, Educational and Cultural Affairs program at Department of State(including Fulbright Program), Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), Department of Energy Office of Science, and federal student aid programs including Pell Grant program, Federal Work-Study, Graduate Areas of National Need program, Supplemental Educational Opportunities Grant program (SEOG), and TRIO and Gear Up Support for Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Support for Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) Budget Model for Facilities and Administrative cost H.R. 7148/H.R. 7006

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 7148, H.R. 7006

DEF · Defense

FY26 and FY27 NDAA priorities for RDTE

IMM · Immigration

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SCI · Science/Technology

FY26 and FY27 appropriations for all federal agencies supporting science and technology research, including NASA, NSF, NOAA, NIST, DOD, ARPA-H, and DOE.

SPO · Sports/Athletics

Issues impacting student athletes, including those related to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act or the SCORE Act, H.R. 4312

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 4312