• Funding opportunities available for university educational programs or hispanic serving institutions in: research and development, job programs, internships programs, fellowships programs, product development and health care services.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to October 31, 2016

General Issues: Education

Spending: about $390,000 (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: Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Minority Business Development Agency, Natl Endowment for the Humanities, Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), House of Representatives, Economic Development Administration, Education - Dept of, Employment & Training Administration, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), State - Dept of (DOS), Peace Corps, Natl Foundation on the Arts & Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Endowment for the Arts, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)