UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

Lobbying for UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Expenses

$60,000.00

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

Wisconsin

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 9

Energy/Nuclear

Quantum technologies, fusion energy science and research.

Science/Technology

Quantum corridor for manufacturing; Wisconsin Sea Grant (funded by NOAA) and the Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (funded by USGS); IceCube Gen-2 and polar research; importance of federally funded-research

Defense

Cybersecurity and Quantum. Defense funding for PANTHER/traumatic brain injury funding; Manufacturing and implications of AI and quantum. Navy manufacturing. Quantum navigation.

Animals

Screwworm, disease surveillance, birdflu in poultry, National Animal Health Laboratory Network; nonhuman primate research

Budget/Appropriations

F&A Caps; Research funding; FY27 appropriations for research and higher-education

Transportation

Autonomous vehicles and upcoming federal autonomous vehicle framework; AV deployment issues including rural safety; DOT's University Transportation Centers Program

Agriculture

USDA's Rural Partnership Institute; Smith-Lever Act and Funding; meat business research; USDA capacity funds

Manufacturing

Manufacturing and implications of AI and quantum. Navy manufacturing. Quantum navigation.

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Delays in NIH funding, nutrition education, rural healthcare needs

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