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Natl Science Foundation (NSF)

437 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $201,634,770 of lobbying spend in total, across all the work each filing covers.

An LD-2 reports one money figure for the whole filing, covering every part of government it named. The dollar amounts here are the spend of filings that named Natl Science Foundation (NSF), not money spent lobbying it. Money counts the latest version of each filing only; filing counts include ones a later amendment restated.

 Issues raised
  1. Budget/Appropriations 309 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Science/Technology 277 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Education 213 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Defense 162 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 117 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Trade (domestic/foreign) 97 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 97 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Immigration 93 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Health Issues 91 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Telecommunications 75 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Transportation 65 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Environment/Superfund 63 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Energy/Nuclear 61 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Government Issues 54 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Agriculture 51 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 258 $124,411,702
  • 2026 179 $77,223,068

Bar length is filings that year against the busiest year. A year is the filing year, not the date lobbying happened.

 Clients lobbying here
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $106,990,000 6 filings
  2. MICROSOFT CORPORATION $16,960,000 8 filings
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. $9,240,000 7 filings
  4. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $7,590,000 1 filing
  5. BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC $7,530,000 1 filing
  6. HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES $5,410,000 7 filings
  7. NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION $5,082,907 7 filings
  8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL $5,040,000 7 filings
  9. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $3,160,000 7 filings
  10. INTEL CORPORATION $2,990,000 3 filings
  11. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $2,262,000 7 filings
  12. SEMI $2,200,000 7 filings
  13. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES $1,854,000 7 filings
  14. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS $1,754,796 7 filings
  15. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY $1,727,727 7 filings
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $106,990,000 6 filings
  2. MICROSOFT CORPORATION $16,880,000 7 filings
  3. THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. $15,120,000 2 filings
  4. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. $9,240,000 7 filings
  5. HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY $5,410,000 7 filings
  6. NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION $5,082,907 7 filings
  7. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL $5,040,000 7 filings
  8. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $3,160,000 7 filings
  9. INTEL CORPORATION $2,990,000 3 filings
  10. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $2,262,000 7 filings
  11. SEMI $2,150,000 5 filings
  12. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES $1,854,000 7 filings
  13. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS $1,754,796 7 filings
  14. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY $1,727,727 7 filings
  15. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY $1,680,000 7 filings

Client and firm names are the filers' own text, not deduplicated: one company can appear under several spellings.

 Bills these filings cite most 12
  • H.R. 1
    73 filings · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  • S. 2296
    42 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  • H.R. 3838
    35 filings · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Author…
  • H.R. 3447
    33 filings · Chip Security Act
  • S. 1705
    27 filings · Chip Security Act
  • H.R. 2385
    26 filings · CREATE AI Act of 2025
  • H.R. 4016
    26 filings · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
  • H.R. 33
    24 filings · To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of c…
  • S. 199
    24 filings · A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxati…
  • H.R. 4776
    23 filings · SPEED Act
  • H.R. 5342
    22 filings · Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
  • H.R. 5371
    22 filings · Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Vet…

Bills are parsed from the filings' own activity descriptions, so this is what lobbyists wrote down, not a record of contact with this body about that bill.

 Filings that named it 437
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LEGO SYSTEMS, INC. for LEGO SYSTEMS, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $100,000 expenses · posted Nov 5, 2026
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SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS for SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Washington · $45,000 expenses · posted Nov 5, 2026
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES for NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $23,000 expenses · posted Nov 3, 2026
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MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARTNERS HEALTHCARE) for MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARTNERS HEALTHCARE)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Massachusetts · $171,000 expenses · posted Nov 3, 2026
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO for UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · New York · posted Oct 27, 2026
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AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY for AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $320,999 expenses · posted Oct 27, 2026
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WEINREICH STRATEGIC GROUP, INC. for STM
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $20,000 income · posted Oct 26, 2026
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HILLSTAFFER, LLC for MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Pennsylvania · $15,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC for WAUKESHA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Wisconsin · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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POTOMAC INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, INC. for OLI SYSTEMS, INC.
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · New Jersey · posted Oct 20, 2026
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HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY for HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $1,000,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH for UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Pennsylvania · $140,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC for GENER8TOR MANAGEMENT, LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Wisconsin · $80,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $870,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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HB STRATEGIES for NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $80,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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MARBLE ARCH for LILA SCIENCES, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Massachusetts · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION for SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $430,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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THE GABOTON GROUP, LLC for CITY OF DANIA BEACH, FL
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Florida · $15,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION for MICROSOFT CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $2,440,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $90,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON for UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $291,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $671,823 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES (APLU) for ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES (APLU)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $105,390 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY for KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Kansas · $38,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, INC. for UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $225,991 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. "Natl Science Foundation (NSF)" is the filers' own entry from the LDA's list of government bodies. Rollups on this page refresh every six hours.

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