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Table 3. Total and federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by character of work and FFRDC: FY 2013
(Dollars in thousands)
  Total Federally financed
FFRDC Sponsor Location All R&D
expenditures
Basic
research
  Applied research   Development   All R&D
expenditures
Basic
research
  Applied
research
  Development  
All FFRDCs     16,866,544 4,184,318   6,779,960   5,902,266   16,454,692 4,065,956   6,591,505   5,797,231  
     University-administered FFRDCs     5,232,872 2,146,723   1,412,173   1,673,976   5,085,734 2,060,150   1,374,961   1,650,623  
          Ames Lab. DOE Ames, IA 34,234 24,223   9,684   327   32,907 23,418   9,312   177  
          Argonne National Lab. DOE Argonne, IL 708,501 310,302   197,901   200,298   661,039 286,811   186,873   187,355  
          Fermi National Accelerator Lab. DOE Batavia, IL 376,472 376,472   0   0   375,090 375,090   0   0  
          Jet Propulsion Lab. NASA Pasadena, CA 1,519,258 151,926   151,926   1,215,406   1,519,258 151,926   151,926   1,215,406  
          Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. DOE Berkeley, CA 768,563 558,016   210,142   405   712,414 521,277   190,732   405  
          Lincoln Lab. DOD, OSD Lexington, MA 872,298 718   788,552   83,028   869,773 718   788,552   80,503  
          National Ctr. for Atmospheric Research NSF Boulder, CO 172,527 82,013   32,115   58,399   155,227 75,932   25,713   53,582  
          National Optical Astronomy Observatory NSF Tucson, AZ 40,669 40,669   0   0   37,205 37,205   0   0  
          National Radio Astronomy Observatory NSF Charlottesville, VA 93,253 90,260   370   2,623   88,418 87,680   370   368  
          Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. DOE Princeton, NJ 85,088 85,088   0   0   83,081 83,081   0   0  
          SLAC National Accelerator Lab. DOE Menlo Park, CA 327,005 327,005   0   0   321,035 321,035   0   0  
          Software Engineering Institute DOD, OSD Pittsburgh, PA 134,973 0   21,483   113,490   134,310 0   21,483   112,827  
          Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility DOE Newport News, VA 100,031 100,031   0   0   95,977 95,977   0   0  
     Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs     5,146,929 1,502,956   1,418,791   2,225,182   4,999,198 1,477,209   1,351,283   2,170,706  
          Aerospace FFRDC DOD, Air Force El Segundo, CA 34,428 13,336   9,562   11,530   1,617 81   81   1,455  
          Arroyo Ctr. DOD, Army Santa Monica, CA 32,789 0   32,789   0   32,789 0   32,789   0  
          Brookhaven National Lab. DOE Upton, NY 529,634 411,685   50,287   67,662   504,762 403,432   39,075   62,255  
          Ctr. for Advanced Aviation System Development DOT, FAA McLean, VA 146,860 0   8,059   138,801   133,286 0   7,584   125,702  
          Ctr. for Communications and Computing DOD, NSA/CSS Alexandria, VA 51,477 12,869   25,739   12,869   51,477 12,869   25,739   12,869  
          Ctr. for Enterprise Modernization Treasury (IRS), VA McLean, VA 202,319 0   11,581   190,738   202,319 0   11,581   190,738  
          Ctr. for Naval Analysesa DOD, Navy Alexandria, VA 86,132 0 i 86,132 i 0 i 86,132 0 i 86,132 i 0 i
          Ctr. for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses NRC San Antonio, TX 12,331 0   12,331   0   11,481 0   11,481   0  
          Ctrs. for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Alliance to Modernize Healthcare HHS Baltimore, MD 17,521 0   340   17,181   17,521 0   340   17,181  
          Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute DHS Arlington, VA 22,452 0   22,452   0   22,452 0   22,452   0  
          Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute DHS McLean, VA 75,530 0   1,466   74,064   75,530 0   1,466   74,064  
          National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Ctr. DHS Frederick, MD 29,849 0   29,849   0   29,849 0   29,849   0  
          National Defense Research Institute DOD, OSD Santa Monica, CA 59,460 0   59,460   0   59,460 0   59,460   0  
          National Renewable Energy Lab. DOE Golden, CO 347,368 16,743   86,878   243,747   328,053 16,743   82,013   229,297  
          National Security Engineering Ctr. DOD, OSD Bedford, MA/McLean, VA 928,614 0   47,819   880,795   928,614 0   47,819   880,795  
          Oak Ridge National Lab. DOE Oak Ridge, TN 1,451,684 830,587   621,097   0   1,413,570 830,587   582,983   0  
          Pacific Northwest National Lab. DOE Richland, WA 934,491 217,736   128,960   587,795   916,296 213,497   126,449   576,350  
          Project Air Force DOD, Air Force Santa Monica, CA 36,003 0   36,003   0   36,003 0   36,003   0  
          Science and Technology Policy Institute NSF Washington, DC 5,010 0   5,010   0   5,010 0   5,010   0  
          Systems and Analyses Ctr.b DOD, OSD Alexandria, VA 142,977 0   142,977   0   142,977 0   142,977   0  
     Industry-administered FFRDCs     6,486,743 534,639   3,948,996   2,003,108   6,369,760 528,597   3,865,261   1,975,902  
          Frederick National Lab. for Cancer Research NIH Frederick, MD 433,900 47,200   386,700   0   433,900 47,200   386,700   0  
          ID National Lab. DOE Idaho Falls, ID 496,818 29,809   263,314   203,695   485,939 29,156   257,548   199,235  
          Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Ctr. U.S. Courts McLean, VA 6,399 0   367   6,032   6,399 0   367   6,032  
          Lawrence Livermore National Lab. DOE Livermore, CA 1,313,293 183,228   1,007,992   122,073   1,282,055 181,365   978,617   122,073  
          Los Alamos National Lab. DOE Los Alamos, NM 1,708,000 140,056   1,554,280   13,664   1,665,000 136,530   1,515,150   13,320  
          Sandia National Labs. DOE Albuquerque, NM 2,412,476 128,553   678,415   1,605,508   2,380,610 128,553   668,951   1,583,106  
          Savannah River National Lab. DOE Aiken, SC 115,857 5,793   57,928   52,136   115,857 5,793   57,928   52,136  

i = imputed.
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOT = Department of Transportation; FAA = Federal Aviation Administration; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; IRS = Internal Revenue Service; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSA/CSS = National Security Agency/Central Security Service; NSF = National Science Foundation; NRC = Nuclear Regulatory Commission; OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense; VA = Department of Veterans Affairs.
a Character of work distribution not provided by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). To correct for nonresponse, NSF allocated all expenditures to applied research based on a review of CNA's publicly available research portfolio.
b 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, FY 2013.
Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 15 September 2014.