What research scientist donors give in federal races

High repeat from a modest scientist pool

$5,295,266 is the occupation-level dollar total. 37,409 is the itemization count. 802 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $142. Mean dollars per donor record are about $6,602. Repeat giving is about 47 itemizations per donor record.

37,409 lines from 802 records is a high-repeat pattern: a modest title pool generating many schedules. The per-line mean of about $142 sits with other professional-staff strings rather than concentrated investor titles. The contribution count is the number that explains how $5.3M accumulated.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of grant budgets allocated to politics. The packet has no gift-size distribution, no NIH-versus-industry flag, and no party split.

Research scientist is not scientist and not researcher

SCIENTIST, RESEARCHER, and PROFESSOR — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to RESEARCH SCIENTIST. This page cites only $5,295,266, 37,409 contributions, and 802 donors.

The FEC does not verify a Ph.D., a lab appointment, or a publication record. Postdocs who typed RESEARCH SCIENTIST, industry R&D staff, and people using the phrase as a catch-all can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s word on that Schedule A line, published as reported on FEC.gov.

What 802 donor records leave out

802 donor records used RESEARCH SCIENTIST on at least one matching itemization. That is not a census of working scientists. Retired researchers, students who typed the title, and spouses listed with a partner’s occupation can appear. Address variants can split one person across donor records.

A contributor who listed RESEARCH SCIENTIST on some gifts and SCIENTIST on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. Occupation is stored per transaction. The 47-line repeat rate is a property of matching text, not proof of 802 unique people each giving 47 times.

Occupation versus industry for research work

Industry pages group employers. A research scientist at a university and one at a pharmaceutical firm share this occupation string if they typed RESEARCH SCIENTIST. Adding $5,295,266 to a health or education industry total double-counts overlapping itemizations.

Open the RESEARCH SCIENTIST occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to see neighboring lab titles as separate keys. Independent expenditures are not contributions and are not inside $5,295,266.

How to cite RESEARCH SCIENTIST

A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals RESEARCH SCIENTIST, dollars equal $5,295,266, contributions equal 37,409, donors equal 802. Name FEC Form 3/3X itemizations as the source. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total.

Use the occupations index to compare RESEARCH SCIENTIST with SCIENTIST without merging them. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($5.3M) match $5,295,266 rounded to one decimal place.

RESEARCH SCIENTIST as high-repeat lab text

RESEARCH SCIENTIST in this extract is $5,295,266 on 37,409 itemizations from 802 donor records, or $5.3M in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $142 per contribution and about $6,602 per donor record, with roughly 47 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. SCIENTIST and RESEARCHER remain other occupation pages unless the extract normalized them to RESEARCH SCIENTIST. Combining those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $5,295,266. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals RESEARCH SCIENTIST, dollars equal $5,295,266, contributions equal 37,409, donors equal 802. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Keep the contribution count and the donor-record count in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see how 37,409 lines from 802 records produced $5.3M. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query.

Questions

How much have research scientist donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list RESEARCH SCIENTIST sum to $5,295,266, or $5.3M, across 37,409 contributions and 802 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of working scientists. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are scientists included in RESEARCH SCIENTIST?

Only if they typed RESEARCH SCIENTIST. SCIENTIST and RESEARCHER are separate occupation strings unless the bulk extract normalized them here. This page covers RESEARCH SCIENTIST: $5,295,266, 37,409 contributions, and 802 donors. Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X. LobbyVault indexes exact strings from FEC.gov bulk data.

Why are there so many research scientist contributions?

37,409 itemizations from 802 donors implies about 47 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $142. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing RESEARCH SCIENTIST prove a lab appointment?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify a degree or appointment. Quote 37,409 contributions and 802 donor records with the dollars. Source: FEC.gov Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.