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ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Lobbying for ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · A private research university in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area.

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$10,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

New York

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 3

Defense, Dept of (DOD)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Lobbying activity 6

Science/Technology

Discussed grant terminations, indirect cost cap, rejections of appeals for grant terminations, and visa issues for international students; Coalition for National Science Funding sign-on letter to support funding for the NSF at the highest level possible in FY26 appropriations; Discussed international student visas, cuts to scientific research, and indirect cost caps during an award ceremony that included press; Campus visit by Representatives of Army Research Lab toured 2D-Polymer lab, Center for Imaging Science, NanoPower Research Lab, Center of Excellence in Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing, Multimedia Gaming department, and Battery Development Center.

Sports/Athletics

Support for SCORE Act with some amendments to certain provisions

Health Issues

WNY-AHEC sign-on letter to support funding for rural AHECS (HCR)

Immigration

Discussed visa issues for international students; Discussed international student visas during an award ceremony that included press.

Defense

Campus visit by Representatives of Army Research Lab toured 2D-Polymer lab, Center for Imaging Science, NanoPower Research Lab, Center of Excellence in Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing, Multimedia Gaming department, and Battery Development Center

Education

Discussed grant terminations, indirect cost cap, rejections of appeals for grant terminations, and visa issues for international students; Discussed international student visas, cuts to scientific research, and indirect cost caps during an award ceremony that included press; Advocated for the Department of Education to release the grant agreement for the McNair Program.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.