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Table 3. R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by source of funds and FFRDC: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
All FFRDCs 21,171,529 20,770,388 43,458 197,975 43,630 116,078
University-administered FFRDCs 6,715,338 6,560,094 18,836 61,825 23,388 51,195
Ames Laboratory 36,858 35,696 101 1,061 0 0
Argonne National Laboratory 777,246 747,349 0 24,338 426 5,133
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 328,419 327,630 0 283 74 432
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2,733,908 2,733,908 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 832,457 769,839 14,653 22,002 9,136 16,827
Lincoln Laboratory 1,013,320 1,001,849 0 2,012 0 9,459
National Center for Atmospheric Research 158,260 139,532 931 8,900 8,897 0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 33,874 24,172 0 0 0 9,702
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 100,691 98,642 0 108 73 1,868
National Solar Observatory 14,733 14,027 0 0 0 706
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 82,435 82,057 0 120 0 258
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 341,615 326,587 888 2,637 4,700 6,803
Software Engineering Institute 142,891 142,877 0 14 0 0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 118,631 115,929 2,263 350 82 7
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,617,274 6,490,564 23,693 52,411 19,507 31,099
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 1,020,827 1,018,425 0 1,607 0 795
Arroyo Center 39,738 39,738 0 0 0 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 552,640 525,170 18,899 6,429 0 2,142
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 177,530 156,437 0 5,105 320 15,668
Center for Communications and Computing 68,237 68,237 0 0 0 0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 162,690 161,448 39 0 391 812
Center for Naval Analyses 95,198 95,198 0 0 0 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 5,054 4,647 33 223 39 112
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 175,030 175,030 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center 46,321 46,321 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 104,689 104,689 0 0 0 0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 6,697 6,697 0 0 0 0
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 37,598 37,598 0 0 0 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 19,556 19,556 0 0 0 0
National Defense Research Institute 57,743 57,743 0 0 0 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 388,500 349,410 3,320 21,886 13,884 0
National Security Engineering Center 1,078,610 1,077,697 0 0 107 806
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,399,445 1,378,398 1 6,454 4,428 10,164
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 956,193 943,147 1,401 10,707 338 600
Project Air Force 48,858 48,858 0 0 0 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 8,086 8,086 0 0 0 0
Systems and Analyses Center 168,034 168,034 0 0 0 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,838,917 7,719,730 929 83,739 735 33,784
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 748,500 748,500 0 0 0 0
Idaho National Laboratory 395,112 376,053 311 13,279 261 5,208
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,386,687 1,353,502 289 19,992 474 12,430
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2,145,232 2,120,857 0 24,375 0 0
Sandia National Laboratories 3,009,105 2,967,822 329 24,821 NA 16,133
Savannah River National Laboratory 154,281 152,996 0 1,272 0 13
NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, FY 2018.