RESEARCH SCIENTIST

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.

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.