The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of higher education in the United States. Pitt evolved into the Western University of Pennsylvania with an alteration to its charter in 1819, and upon relocating to its current campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh in 1908, the school received its current moniker, the University of Pittsburgh. For most of its history Pitt was a private institution, until it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in 1966.
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Campaign Finance
$99,627 GivenFigures 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.
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Lobbying
$1,390,000 SpentFigures 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.
Lobbying on Behalf of University of Pittsburgh
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Names of Lobbyists
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Firm Hired Amount University of Pittsburgh $850,000 -
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Defense,
- Education,
- Copyright, Patent & Trademark,
- Energy & Nuclear Power,
- Homeland Security,
- Taxes,
- Health Issues,
- Science & Technology,
- Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
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Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
Bill No. Title H.R.2766 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 H.R.3590 Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 S.1215 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act H.R.4872 Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 H.R.3326 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 S.515 Patent Reform Act of 2009 H.R.690 Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009 H.R.1150 Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act H.R.1548 Pathway for Biosimilars Act S.144 Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009
Regulations
Mentioned in 134 dockets; Submitted to 8 docketsAll 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.
The tables show occurrences of "University of Pittsburgh" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.
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Documents Submitted by the Organization
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Mentions in Document Text
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Earmarks
$5,400,000 ReceivedFigures 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 |
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| 2010 | $3,000,000 | University of Pittsburgh: 101st Airborne/Air Assault Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Initiative |
| 2010 | $2,400,000 | University of Pittsburgh: Framework for Electronic Health Record-Linked Predictive Models |
Federal Spending
149 grants; 5 contractsFederal 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.
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 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2010 | Dept Of The Army | OPERATION BRAIN TRAUMA THERAPY | $7,480,428 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2010 | National Institutes Of Health | CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT | $5,410,051 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2009 | National Institutes Of Health | CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT | $5,021,590 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2009 | National Institutes Of Health | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE | $4,194,126 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2009 | National Institutes Of Health | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE | $4,194,126 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2010 | National Institutes Of Health | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTION | $4,094,442 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2010 | National Institutes Of Health | CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM BIOSTATISTICAL CENTER | $4,011,354 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2010 | National Institutes Of Health | BIOSTATISTICAL CENTER FOR THE NSABP | $3,826,432 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2009 | Health Resources And Services Administration | AIDS EDUCATION TRAINING CENTER | $3,753,102 |
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University Of Pittsburgh | 2010 | Health Resources And Services Administration | AIDS EDUCATION TRAINING CENTER | $3,710,408 |
Advisory Committees
222 people on 60 committeesData 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.
Table shows employees of "University of Pittsburgh" that sat on federal advisory committees.
View all advisory committee data for University of Pittsburgh