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Table 5. Total and federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC: FYs 2010–13
(Dollars in thousands)
  Total Federally financed
FFRDC 2010 2011a 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013
All FFRDCs 18,044,105 17,808,614 17,446,036 16,866,544 17,590,588 17,385,466 17,006,331 16,454,692
     University-administered FFRDCs 5,329,620 5,270,323 5,174,091 5,232,872 5,178,035 5,132,389 5,028,368 5,085,734
          Ames Lab. 30,836 32,442 33,853 34,234 30,289 31,471 32,884 32,907
          Argonne National Lab. 650,504 710,435 679,387 708,501 603,841 663,194 625,502 661,039
          Fermi National Accelerator Lab. 402,658 420,119 412,438 376,472 402,150 419,583 411,248 375,090
          Jet Propulsion Lab. 1,640,341 1,543,969 1,493,613 1,519,258 1,640,341 1,543,969 1,493,613 1,519,258
          Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. 759,381 788,386 767,554 768,563 703,564 732,920 710,822 712,414
          Lincoln Lab. 789,502 822,358 873,104 872,298 785,774 819,664 871,380 869,773
          National Astronomy and Ionosphere Ctr.b 13,203 14,317 na na 13,084 13,635 na na
          National Ctr. for Atmospheric Research 220,328 198,231 169,743 172,527 188,960 182,310 151,752 155,227
          National Optical Astronomy Observatory 57,145 47,889 46,557 40,669 52,920 42,730 42,298 37,205
          National Radio Astronomy Observatory 137,607 81,305 79,168 93,253 136,748 80,401 78,562 88,418
          Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. 83,932 84,863 81,389 85,088 83,521 84,352 79,316 83,081
          SLAC National Accelerator Lab. 354,393 327,716 329,747 327,005 350,377 320,941 324,698 321,035
          Software Engineering Institute 99,334 107,837 113,371 134,973 96,595 107,348 112,583 134,310
          Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 90,456 90,456 94,167 100,031 89,871 89,871 93,710 95,977
     Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 5,431,352 5,533,083 5,464,141 5,146,929 5,276,747 5,383,525 5,307,421 4,999,198
          Aerospace FFRDC 44,149 45,827 39,746 34,428 12,962 13,511 1,351 1,617
          Arroyo Ctr. 28,647 32,180 31,278 32,789 28,647 32,180 31,278 32,789
          Brookhaven National Lab. 535,546 526,571 516,921 529,634 515,142 504,491 489,496 504,762
          Ctr. for Advanced Aviation System Development 149,686 165,645 159,311 146,860 142,498 155,254 150,274 133,286
          Ctr. for Communications and Computing 71,927 72,600 62,600 51,477 71,927 72,600 62,600 51,477
          Ctr. for Enterprise Modernization 170,460 187,785 226,539 202,319 170,460 187,785 226,539 202,319
          Ctr. for Naval Analyses 109,068 85,165 91,628 86,132 93,310 84,562 91,628 86,132
          Ctr. for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 15,346 16,377 13,147 12,331 14,860 15,871 12,465 11,481
          Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcarec na na na 17,521 na na na 17,521
          Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 33,402 36,870 30,213 22,452 33,402 36,870 30,213 22,452
          Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 58,715 85,154 77,159 75,530 58,715 85,154 77,159 75,530
          National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Ctr. 50,058 41,786 31,201 29,849 50,058 41,786 31,201 29,849
          National Defense Research Institute 51,652 46,330 53,832 59,460 51,652 46,330 53,832 59,460
          National Renewable Energy Lab. 326,652 386,539 398,873 347,368 315,568 370,538 379,950 328,053
          National Security Engineering Ctr.d 925,027 941,187 946,737 928,614 925,027 941,187 946,737 928,614
          Oak Ridge National Lab. 1,538,412 1,558,073 1,553,460 1,451,684 1,494,690 1,513,958 1,511,725 1,413,570
          Pacific Northwest National Lab. 1,116,648 1,095,923 1,033,768 934,491 1,091,872 1,072,377 1,013,245 916,296
          Project Air Force 43,957 44,171 41,031 36,003 43,957 44,171 41,031 36,003
          Science and Technology Policy Institute 6,000 8,700 7,547 5,010 6,000 8,700 7,547 5,010
          Systems and Analyses Ctr.e 156,000 156,200 149,150 142,977 156,000 156,200 149,150 142,977
     Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,283,133 7,005,208 6,807,804 6,486,743 7,135,806 6,869,552 6,670,542 6,369,760
          Frederick National Lab. for Cancer Researchf 643,935 431,600 430,100 433,900 643,935 431,600 430,100 433,900
          ID National Lab. 478,356 425,072 536,399 496,818 463,843 415,020 525,734 485,939
          Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Ctr.g na 4,650 5,309 6,399 na 4,650 5,309 6,399
          Lawrence Livermore National Lab. 1,370,747 1,424,993 1,353,454 1,313,293 1,323,623 1,380,177 1,301,188 1,282,055
          Los Alamos National Lab.h 2,505,913 2,307,197 2,056,878 1,708,000 2,470,421 2,266,539 2,013,692 1,665,000
          Sandia National Labs. 2,157,022 2,277,166 2,293,307 2,412,476 2,106,824 2,237,036 2,262,162 2,380,610
          Savannah River National Lab. 127,160 134,530 132,357 115,857 127,160 134,530 132,357 115,857

na = not applicable.
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 On 1 October 2011, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center was decertified as an FFRDC.
c On 27 September 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare was created.
d Prior to FY 2011, National Security Engineering Center was listed as C3I FFRDC.
e Prior to FY 2013, Systems and Analyses Center was listed as Studies and Analyses Center.
f Prior to FY 2012, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research was listed as National Cancer Institute at Frederick.
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.
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.
r.911 20150121 (internal editing revision number, will not be published)