The Trustees of Purdue University

University, higher education, research

Based in IN

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AI Overview

With $1.9M in lobbying spend across 27 quarterly filings, The Trustees of Purdue University is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 12 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.9M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
3
Lobbyists Deployed
12
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$212K
2019$159K
2020$201K
2021$325K
2022$360K
2023$360K
2024$180K
2025$90K

Issues Lobbied

Lobbying Firms

Lobbyists

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Manufacturing, Defense, Agriculture, Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and 7 more

Department of Commerce- National Institutes of Science and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership

H.R.2810 National Defense Authorization Act - provisions related to government contracting

Defense Appropriations (FY18) - Army 6.2 Applied Research, Airforce 6.2 Applied Research

Defense Appropriations (FY19) - Army 6.2 Applied Research, Airforce 6.2 Applied Research

Agriculture Appropriations - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Borlaug Fellowship Program, Agricultural Research Service

Farm Bill - provisions related to education, research, and extension programming

S. 268 Investing in Student Success Act; tax treatment of Income Share Agreements

H.R. 3145 Investing in Student Achievement Act; tax treatment of Income Share Agreements

H.R. 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Tax reform- issues related to student finance, charitable giving

Appropriations- National Science Foundation; National Institutes of Health; Department of Energy Office of Science; Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy; Department of Energy Nonproliferation Research and Development University Consortia; Department of Defense Applied Research accounts; Department of Agriculture (ARS); Department of Homeland Security S&T Office of University Programs; NASA

Energy Appropriations - Office of Science; Funding for Advanced Science Computing Research (ASCR)

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)

Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) R&D

Nonproliferation Research and Development University Consortia

Research partnerships with national labs

H.R. 4508 Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act (PROSPER Act)

Senate Higher Education Reauthorization

FY18 & FY19 Appropriations- National Science Foundation

Showing 8 of 20 unique descriptions from filings.

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Last updated: February 2026

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