Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and undergraduate students. It is currently the third largest university in the state of Michigan and one of the 30 largest universities in the nations. The WSU main campus encompasses 203 acres (822,000 m²) linking 100 education and research buildings in the heart of Detroit. It also has six extension centers in the Metro Detroit area providing access to a limited selection of courses. The institution is a notable engine in metro Detroit's educational, cultural, and economic landscape, as manifested through efforts such as its 75-acre (300,000 m2) research and technology park and its hosting of the Detroit Festival of the Arts.

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Campaign Finance

Information

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.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's December 31, 2012 filing.
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  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $55,650
    Total Spent:
    $46,547
    Cash on Hand:
    $11,304
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

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View all campaign finance data for Wayne State University Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$389,174 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 Wayne State University

View all lobbying data for Wayne State University Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 49 dockets; Submitted to 8 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 "Wayne State University" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Federal Spending

10 grants; 2 contracts
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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
grant
 Wayne State University 2012 Dept Of The Army PREVENTION OF BLAST-RELATED INJURIES $3,188,362
contract
 Wayne State University 2011 National Institutes Of Health TAS::75 0844::TAS PRB LAB SUPPORT $2,945,360
grant
 Wayne State University 2011 National Institutes Of Health CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT $2,553,798
grant
 Wayne State University 2012 National Institutes Of Health CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT $2,338,669
grant
 Wayne State University 2012 National Institutes Of Health EARLY PHARMACOTHERAPY GUIDED BY BIOMARKERS IN AUTISM $1,996,122
contract
 Wayne State University 2011 National Institutes Of Health TAS::75 0844::TAS PRB LAB SUPPORT $1,993,940
grant
 Wayne State University 2012 National Institutes Of Health INFLAMMATION PATHWAYS AND COPD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUNG CANCER $1,738,264
grant
 Wayne State University 2011 National Institutes Of Health INFLAMMATION PATHWAYS AND COPD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUNG CANCER $1,568,379
grant
 Wayne State University 2011 Dept Of The Army PARALLEL HUMAN AND ANIMAL MODELS OF BLAST- AND CONCUSSION-INDUCED TINNITUS AND RELATED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) $1,520,000
grant
 Wayne State University 2011 National Institutes Of Health EARLY PHARMACOTHERAPY GUIDED BY BIOMARKERS IN AUTISM $1,498,245
View all grant & loan data for Wayne State University View all contract data for Wayne State University Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

56 people on 23 committees
Information

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 "Wayne State University" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 49 people on 19 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 4 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Veterans Affairs 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Wayne State University