FFRDC | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011a | 2012 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All FFRDCs | 12,632,207 | 13,254,522 | 13,218,497 | 13,824,987 | 15,616,390 | 16,390,111 | 18,044,105 | 17,808,614 | 17,446,036 | 16,866,544 |
Aerospace FFRDC | 32,529 | 32,500 | 34,200 | 36,490 | 38,940 | 41,470 | 44,149 | 45,827 | 39,746 | 34,428 |
Ames Lab. | 27,227 | 29,293 | 26,460 | 25,254 | 27,306 | 29,012 | 30,836 | 32,442 | 33,853 | 34,234 |
Argonne National Lab. | 520,881 | 482,051 | 472,961 | 489,684 | 533,530 | 543,169 | 650,504 | 710,435 | 679,387 | 708,501 |
Arroyo Ctr. | 26,101 | 28,152 | 24,518 | 25,195 | 23,852 | 27,692 | 28,647 | 32,180 | 31,278 | 32,789 |
Brookhaven National Lab. | 450,342 | 483,039 | 490,686 | 510,212 | 480,455 | 569,240 | 535,546 | 526,571 | 516,921 | 529,634 |
Ctr. for Advanced Aviation System Developmentb | 6,462 | 6,429 | 6,601 | 7,290 | 126,171 | 133,869 | 149,686 | 165,645 | 159,311 | 146,860 |
Ctr. for Communications and Computing | 50,238 | 50,800 | 51,500 | 57,400 | 59,500 | 66,293 | 71,927 | 72,600 | 62,600 | 51,477 |
Ctr. for Enterprise Modernizationb, c | 3,687 | 4,802 | 6,342 | 7,101 | 166,894 | 181,958 | 170,460 | 187,785 | 226,539 | 202,319 |
Ctr. for Naval Analyses | 79,087 | 83,837 | 87,499 | 99,993 | 106,967 | 109,694 | 109,068 | 85,165 | 91,628 | 86,132 |
Ctr. for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses | 16,847 | 16,391 | 16,397 | 17,007 | 17,960 | 16,614 | 15,346 | 16,377 | 13,147 | 12,331 |
Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcared | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 17,521 |
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. | 318,435 | 323,153 | 330,980 | 337,306 | 340,486 | 376,791 | 402,658 | 420,119 | 412,438 | 376,472 |
Frederick National Lab. for Cancer Researche | 335,000 | 334,400 | 334,500 | 339,800 | 509,700 | 378,200 | 643,935 | 431,600 | 430,100 | 433,900 |
Homeland Security Institutef | na | NA | 20,521 | 25,370 | 27,400 | na | na | na | na | na |
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institutef | na | na | na | na | na | 32,173 | 33,402 | 36,870 | 30,213 | 22,452 |
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Instituteb, f | na | na | na | na | na | 3,387 | 58,715 | 85,154 | 77,159 | 75,530 |
ID National Lab. | 180,306 | 232,289 | 163,074 | 248,322 | 236,037 | 388,062 | 478,356 | 425,072 | 536,399 | 496,818 |
Jet Propulsion Lab. | 1,551,171 | 1,606,409 | 1,548,019 | 1,717,203 | 1,733,597 | 1,711,528 | 1,640,341 | 1,543,969 | 1,493,613 | 1,519,258 |
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Ctr.b, g | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 4,650 | 5,309 | 6,399 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. | 482,159 | 482,672 | 485,626 | 503,775 | 573,917 | 611,711 | 759,381 | 788,386 | 767,554 | 768,563 |
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. | 1,425,840 | 1,456,368 | 1,431,019 | 1,353,980 | 1,301,874 | 1,321,633 | 1,370,747 | 1,424,993 | 1,353,454 | 1,313,293 |
Lincoln Lab. | 594,822 | 627,201 | 622,993 | 618,011 | 641,386 | 706,555 | 789,502 | 822,358 | 873,104 | 872,298 |
Los Alamos National Lab.h | 1,986,235 | 2,101,211 | 2,145,200 | 2,046,260 | 2,073,538 | 2,172,179 | 2,505,913 | 2,307,197 | 2,056,878 | 1,708,000 |
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Ctr.i | 12,285 | 13,831 | 14,108 | 13,591 | 12,586 | 14,738 | 13,203 | 14,317 | na | na |
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Ctr.j | na | na | na | 6,320 | 12,979 | 19,934 | 50,058 | 41,786 | 31,201 | 29,849 |
National Ctr. for Atmospheric Research | 154,714 | 135,893 | 153,343 | 144,293 | 161,130 | 203,627 | 220,328 | 198,231 | 169,743 | 172,527 |
National Defense Research Institute | 26,550 | 25,747 | 34,203 | 38,152 | 40,051 | 42,265 | 51,652 | 46,330 | 53,832 | 59,460 |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory | 43,020 | 52,775 | 54,616 | 53,608 | 55,922 | 56,972 | 57,145 | 47,889 | 46,557 | 40,669 |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory | 42,215 | 52,023 | 40,771 | 129,000 | 146,098 | 151,396 | 137,607 | 81,305 | 79,168 | 93,253 |
National Renewable Energy Lab. | 226,460 | 211,323 | 196,449 | 190,874 | 229,399 | 273,640 | 326,652 | 386,539 | 398,873 | 347,368 |
National Security Engineering Ctr.b, k | 35,932 | 37,213 | 37,073 | 46,368 | 936,228 | 939,312 | 925,027 | 941,187 | 946,737 | 928,614 |
Oak Ridge National Lab. | 776,203 | 897,252 | 928,090 | 1,083,509 | 1,251,336 | 1,259,259 | 1,538,412 | 1,558,073 | 1,553,460 | 1,451,684 |
Pacific Northwest National Lab. | 692,370 | 779,522 | 749,365 | 851,512 | 885,984 | 1,064,230 | 1,116,648 | 1,095,923 | 1,033,768 | 934,491 |
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. | 75,255 | 81,803 | 78,151 | 75,720 | 78,154 | 81,113 | 83,932 | 84,863 | 81,389 | 85,088 |
Project Air Force | 33,049 | 35,742 | 39,107 | 39,315 | 41,794 | 45,162 | 43,957 | 44,171 | 41,031 | 36,003 |
SLAC National Accelerator Lab. | 206,402 | 205,690 | 214,026 | 231,960 | 234,316 | 294,421 | 354,393 | 327,716 | 329,747 | 327,005 |
Sandia National Labs. | 1,833,571 | 1,946,435 | 1,968,488 | 2,031,309 | 2,076,786 | 2,043,509 | 2,157,022 | 2,277,166 | 2,293,307 | 2,412,476 |
Savannah River National Lab. | 94,326 | 98,650 | 102,547 | 114,895 | 118,400 | 130,292 | 127,160 | 134,530 | 132,357 | 115,857 |
Science and Technology Policy Institute | 3,681 | 5,415 | 6,800 | 5,600 | 6,000 | 5,100 | 6,000 | 8,700 | 7,547 | 5,010 |
Software Engineering Institute | 57,920 | 62,262 | 75,636 | 80,566 | 80,963 | 89,077 | 99,334 | 107,837 | 113,371 | 134,973 |
Systems and Analyses Ctr.l | 126,226 | 118,600 | 130,400 | 141,500 | 146,500 | 166,000 | 156,000 | 156,200 | 149,150 | 142,977 |
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility | 104,659 | 113,349 | 96,228 | 81,242 | 82,254 | 88,834 | 90,456 | 90,456 | 94,167 | 100,031 |
na = not applicable. NA = not available; R&D totals not available for Homeland Security Institute in FY 2005. |
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center. |
a R&D expenditures decreased in FY 2011 due to removal of expenditures for capital projects. In this survey, R&D expenditures do not include capital projects. In previous years, some FFRDCs included capital expenditures in their R&D totals. Previous years include an unknown amount of capital expenditures, estimated to be less than $500 million per year. |
b See "Measurement Error" in the technical notes for changes in reporting. |
c Prior to FY 2009, Center for Enterprise Modernization was listed as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) FFRDC. |
d On 27 September 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare was created. |
e Prior to FY 2012, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research was listed as National Cancer Institute at Frederick. |
f On 5 March 2009, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute and Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute were created. These new FFRDCs replaced Homeland Security Institute. |
g On 2 September 2010, the Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center was created. |
h R&D expenditures reported by Los Alamos National Laboratory decreased in FY 2013 due to the removal of expenditures that were not for R&D as defined by this survey. Previous years include an unknown amount of expenditures not for R&D. i On 1 October 2011, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center was decertified as an FFRDC. j On 20 December 2006 National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center was created. k Prior to FY 2011, National Security Engineering Center was listed as C3I FFRDC. l Prior to FY 2013, Systems and Analyses Center was listed as Studies and Analyses Center. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey. Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 15 September 2014. |