University of Arizona

The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885 (twenty-seven years before the Arizona Territory achieved statehood). The university includes the University of Arizona College of Medicine which is one of three medical schools and the only MD granting medical school in Arizona. As of Fall 2008, total enrollment was 38,057 students. The University of Arizona is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. The mission of the University of Arizona is, "To discover, educate, serve, and inspire." Arizona is one of the elected members of the Association of American Universities (an organization of North America's premier research institutions) and is the only representative from the state of Arizona to this group. It has been recognized as a Public Ivy.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$1,620,239 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012

  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars

  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for University of Arizona Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$1,683,831 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of University of Arizona

View all lobbying data for University of Arizona Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 761 dockets; Submitted to 23 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "University of Arizona" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Earmarks

$4,850,000 Received
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Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill.

For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.

Top Earmarks

Fiscal Year Amount Description
2010 $2,000,000 University of Arizona: Asymmetric Threat Response and Analysis Project
2010 $1,600,000 University of Arizona: High Temperature Radar Dome Materials
2010 $1,000,000 University of Arizona: U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program
2010 $250,000 University of Arizona: Bi-National Migration Institute
View all earmarks data for University of Arizona

Federal Spending

172 grants; 40 contracts; 1 loan
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 University Of Arizona 2012 National Aeronautics And Space Administration THE ORIGINS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION SECURITY-REGOLITH EXPLORER (OSIRIS-REX) MISSION'S PRIMARY GOAL IS AN EARTH RETURN OF REGOLITH SAMPLE FROM A TYPE-B NEAR EARTH OBJECT (NEO) ASTEROID. $14,855,500
contract
 University Of Arizona 2011 National Institutes Of Health PROVIDING FULL FUNDING OF CONTRACT AND REMOVING FAR 17.1 LANGUAGE. $11,004,200
contract
 University Of Arizona 2000 Centers For Disease Control 200-2000-10070, U OF ARIZONA $10,782,360
grant
 University Of Arizona 2004 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $9,366,246
grant
 University Of Arizona 2009 National Science Foundation PSCIC Full Proposal: The iPlant Collaborative: A Cyberinfrastructure-Centered Community for a New Plant Biology $9,109,895
grant
 University Of Arizona 2007 Student Financial Assistance Programs GRANT PROGRAM $9,017,729
grant
 University Of Arizona 2003 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $8,885,387
grant
 University Of Arizona 2003 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $8,349,483
grant
 University Of Arizona 2004 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $7,999,558
grant
 University Of Arizona 2008 Student Financial Assistance Programs GRANT PROGRAM $7,897,205
View all grant & loan data for University of Arizona View all contract data for University of Arizona Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

782 people on 202 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "University of Arizona" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 546 people on 96 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 165 people on 66 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 27 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 12 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 9 people on 5 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Arts 7 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 5 people on 6 committees
  • Toggle Department of Defense 5 people on 5 committees
  • Toggle Department of the Interior 3 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of Veterans Affairs 2 people on 2 committees
View all advisory committee data for University of Arizona