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Table 3. R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by source of funds and FFRDC: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
All FFRDCs 18,458,257 18,097,189 18,427 208,780 27,984 105,877
University-administered FFRDCs 5,483,466 5,359,379 12,332 54,177 21,623 35,955
Ames Laboratory 45,845 44,934 601 293 0 17
Argonne National Laboratory 719,521 689,200 2,608 22,713 2,302 2,698
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 319,700 318,801 0 193 0 706
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,749,689 1,749,689 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 792,457 741,212 7,744 20,140 9,228 14,133
Lincoln Laboratory 914,071 908,790 0 662 0 4,619
National Center for Atmospheric Research 166,385 148,641 955 7,904 8,885 0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 23,660 20,902 0 0 0 2,758
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 89,689 87,832 0 0 38 1,819
National Solar Observatory 11,752 11,232 0 0 0 520
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 81,348 80,819 0 0 0 529
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 310,167 301,591 0 207 213 8,156
Software Engineering Institute 131,146 130,693 0 453 0 0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 128,036 125,043 424 1,612 957 0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,117,165 6,019,857 3,697 57,229 5,435 30,947
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 888,119 883,723 0 4,034 0 362
Arroyo Center 40,594 40,594 0 0 0 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 587,194 573,440 2,276 11,257 0 221
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 155,696 136,651 0 1,643 183 17,219
Center for Communications and Computing 56,478 56,478 0 0 0 0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 145,442 145,442 0 0 0 0
Center for Naval Analyses 80,358 80,358 0 0 0 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 12,636 11,453 77 427 155 524
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 168,142 168,142 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 16,965 16,965 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 77,176 77,176 0 0 0 0
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 30,716 30,716 0 0 0 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 7,843 7,843 0 0 0 0
National Defense Research Institute 56,736 56,736 0 0 0 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 378,436 356,289 88 19,783 2,276 0
National Security Engineering Center 919,441 919,441 0 0 0 0
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,333,332 1,305,338 763 12,808 2,821 11,602
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 951,099 942,310 493 7,277 0 1,019
Project Air Force 44,393 44,393 0 0 0 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 8,724 8,724 0 0 0 0
Systems and Analyses Center 157,645 157,645 0 0 0 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 6,857,626 6,717,953 2,398 97,374 926 38,975
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 495,300 495,300 0 0 0 0
Idaho National Laboratory 476,376 457,192 62 9,919 699 8,504
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 4,318 4,318 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,273,066 1,223,676 1,644 32,616 227 14,903
Los Alamos National Laboratory 1,865,000 1,834,000 0 31,000 0 0
Sandia National Laboratories 2,621,891 2,581,792 692 23,839 0 15,568
Savannah River National Laboratory 121,675 121,675 0 0 0 0
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, FY 2015.