• Issues related to agricultural research conducted by universities. Food safety research initiatives. Issues related to research on sensors for rivers and bodies of water. EERE grant opportunities.
• Issues related to FY16 budget and appropriations including: Pell Grants, student aid, other education program funding; funding for specific programs in energy, agriculture, scientific research, transportation, cybersecurity, workforce development and environmental protection; EPSCOR funding issues; funding for African-American student engagement; and manufacturing innovation grant funding.
• EERE grant program. EDA funding opportunities. DOE Smart Grid issues and clean energy financing; offshore wind energy issues. Workforce development and manufacturing programs. STEM funding.
• HEA reauthorization generally, and issues related to student loans, other financial aid and general college affordability issues. Transparency and accountability measures. Monitor student aid rulemaking. Advanced manufacturing and workforce development programs, initiatives, and legislation (S. 771), including the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Cybersecurity legislation. Education for African-American male teachers, STEM education and teacher prep issues. College completion grant programs. Workforce development programs. VAWA rulemaking and campus sexual assault task force processes and legislation. Student-athlete initiatives and legislation. Monitor COMPETES reauthorization. Autism and other health research programs. Veterans education.
• Issues related to transportation research, including safe driving initiative technology and connected vehicle development; impact of trade legislation.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2016

General Issues: Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Economics/Economic Development, Education, Transportation, Immigration, Defense, Foreign Relations

Spending: about $1,580,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Economic Development Administration, Education - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), White House Office, Veterans Employment & Training Service, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Violence Against Women Program, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Administration on Aging, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Treasury - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other), Agriculture Dept of (USDA), Commerce Dept of (DOC), Defense Dept of (DOD), Energy Dept of