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Table 3. R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by source of funds and FFRDC: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
All FFRDCs 19,219,702 18,855,593 21,556 192,239 40,195 110,119
University-administered FFRDCs 5,669,908 5,529,238 12,985 55,587 28,766 43,332
Ames Laboratory 46,886 46,190 344 311 0 41
Argonne National Laboratory 733,377 704,100 172 19,582 2,958 6,565
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 323,507 322,196 0 291 135 885
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,852,369 1,852,369 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 797,831 741,250 9,730 21,802 9,545 15,504
Lincoln Laboratory 949,138 942,049 0 752 0 6,337
National Center for Atmospheric Research 177,422 155,584 1,069 9,335 11,434 0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 24,917 21,890 0 0 0 3,027
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 90,411 87,649 0 71 33 2,658
National Solar Observatory 12,783 11,821 0 0 0 962
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 82,246 81,187 0 0 0 1,059
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 313,031 300,207 0 2,340 4,587 5,897
Software Engineering Institute 145,981 145,725 0 79 0 177
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 120,009 117,021 1,670 1,024 74 220
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,128,058 6,019,726 6,513 57,872 10,756 33,191
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 909,868 905,468 0 3,744 0 656
Arroyo Center 44,616 44,616 0 0 0 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 579,087 563,400 2,313 12,030 0 1,344
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 156,644 137,578 0 2,441 359 16,266
Center for Communications and Computing 61,625 61,625 0 0 0 0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 146,436 146,432 0 0 4 0
Center for Naval Analyses 84,232 84,232 0 0 0 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 8,600 7,583 135 338 114 430
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 141,860 141,860 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 22,038 22,038 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 101,628 101,628 0 0 0 0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Centera 9,289 9,289 0 0 0 0
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 32,902 32,902 0 0 0 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 13,076 13,076 0 0 0 0
National Defense Research Institute 62,848 62,848 0 0 0 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 362,087 337,017 1,016 17,819 6,235 0
National Security Engineering Center 966,542 966,404 0 1 0 137
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,283,729 1,251,237 2,712 11,484 4,044 14,252
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 914,747 904,289 337 10,015 0 106
Project Air Force 49,165 49,165 0 0 0 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 7,459 7,459 0 0 0 0
Systems and Analyses Center 169,580 169,580 0 0 0 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,421,736 7,306,629 2,058 78,780 673 33,596
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 642,165 642,165 0 0 0 0
Idaho National Laboratory 521,618 504,245 245 9,759 453 6,916
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,363,525 1,326,375 1,068 21,867 220 13,995
Los Alamos National Laboratory 1,987,000 1,962,000 0 25,000 0 0
Sandia National Laboratories 2,781,547 2,745,963 745 22,154 NA 12,685
Savannah River National Laboratory 125,881 125,881 0 0 0 0
NA = not available; data were not provided by institution.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a Prior to FY 2016, the Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center was misclassified and included as an industry-administered FFRDC. Its classification was corrected in FY 2016 to a nonprofit-administered FFRDC.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, FY 2016.