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Table 5. Total and federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by type of R&D and FFRDC: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Sponsor Location Total Federally financed
All R&D expenditures Basic research Applied research Experimental development All R&D expenditures Basic research Applied research Experimental development
All FFRDCs 19,219,702 4,224,487 7,527,236 7,467,979 18,855,593 4,135,744 7,373,150 7,346,699
University-administered FFRDCs 5,669,908 2,254,965 1,437,088 1,977,855 5,529,238 2,178,128 1,401,749 1,949,361
Ames Laboratory DOE Ames, IA 46,886 40,848 4,908 1,130 46,190 40,504 4,660 1,026
Argonne National Laboratory DOE Argonne, IL 733,377 329,396 199,312 204,669 704,100 316,423 192,008 195,669
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory DOE Batavia, IL 323,507 323,441 66 0 322,196 322,133 63 0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Pasadena, CA 1,852,369 185,237 185,237 1,481,895 1,852,369 185,237 185,237 1,481,895
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory DOE Berkeley, CA 797,831 655,617 121,453 20,761 741,250 620,065 104,207 16,978
Lincoln Laboratory DOD, OSD Lexington, MA 949,138 2,111 866,091 80,936 942,049 2,111 866,091 73,847
National Center for Atmospheric Research NSF Boulder, CO 177,422 80,022 37,719 59,681 155,584 72,494 29,599 53,491
National Optical Astronomy Observatory NSF Tucson, AZ 24,917 24,917 0 0 21,890 21,890 0 0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory NSF Charlottesville, VA 90,411 84,204 935 5,272 87,649 83,592 857 3,200
National Solar Observatory NSF Sunspot, NM 12,783 12,783 0 0 11,821 11,821 0 0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory DOE Princeton, NJ 82,246 82,246 0 0 81,187 81,187 0 0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory DOE Menlo Park, CA 313,031 306,061 6,970 0 300,207 295,577 4,630 0
Software Engineering Institute DOD, OSD Pittsburgh, PA 145,981 8,073 14,397 123,511 145,725 8,073 14,397 123,255
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility DOE Newport News, VA 120,009 120,009 0 0 117,021 117,021 0 0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,128,058 1,390,005 1,614,471 3,123,582 6,019,726 1,384,121 1,571,745 3,063,860
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center DOD, Air Force El Segundo, CA 909,868 18,174 62,596 829,098 905,468 17,954 58,416 829,098
Arroyo Center DOD, Army Santa Monica, CA 44,616 0 44,616 0 44,616 0 44,616 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory DOE Upton, NY 579,087 426,360 66,675 86,052 563,400 423,180 63,702 76,518
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development DOT, FAA McLean, VA 156,644 621 10,678 145,345 137,578 579 10,073 126,926
Center for Communications and Computing DOD, NSA/CSS Alexandria, VA 61,625 15,406 30,813 15,406 61,625 15,406 30,813 15,406
Center for Enterprise Modernization Treasury/IRS, VA McLean, VA 146,436 484 13,190 132,762 146,432 484 13,190 132,758
Center for Naval Analysesa DOD, Navy Alexandria, VA 84,232 0 i 84,232 i 0 i 84,232 0 i 84,232 i 0 i
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses NRC San Antonio, TX 8,600 0 8,600 0 7,583 0 7,583 0
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare HHS, CMS Baltimore, MD 141,860 150 5,495 136,215 141,860 150 5,495 136,215
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute DHS, S&T Arlington, VA 22,038 0 22,038 0 22,038 0 22,038 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute DHS, S&T McLean, VA 101,628 141 2,581 98,906 101,628 141 2,581 98,906
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Centerb U.S. Courts McLean, VA 9,289 31 751 8,507 9,289 31 751 8,507
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center DHS, S&T Frederick, MD 32,902 0 32,902 0 32,902 0 32,902 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence NIST Rockville, MD 13,076 48 364 12,664 13,076 48 364 12,664
National Defense Research Institute DOD, OSD Santa Monica, CA 62,848 0 62,848 0 62,848 0 62,848 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory DOE Golden, CO 362,087 17,639 90,511 253,937 337,017 17,639 90,511 228,867
National Security Engineering Center DOD,OSD Bedford, MA/McLean, VA 966,542 21,972 115,256 829,314 966,404 21,967 115,240 829,197
Oak Ridge National Laboratory DOE Oak Ridge, TN 1,283,729 675,843 607,886 0 1,251,237 675,843 575,394 0
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory DOE Richland, WA 914,747 213,136 126,235 575,376 904,289 210,699 124,792 568,798
Project Air Force DOD, Air Force Santa Monica, CA 49,165 0 49,165 0 49,165 0 49,165 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute NSF Washington, DC 7,459 0 7,459 0 7,459 0 7,459 0
Systems and Analyses Center DOD, OSD Alexandria, VA 169,580 0 169,580 0 169,580 0 169,580 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,421,736 579,517 4,475,677 2,366,542 7,306,629 573,495 4,399,656 2,333,478
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research HHS, NIH Frederick, MD 642,165 82,455 559,710 0 642,165 82,455 559,710 0
Idaho National Laboratory DOE Idaho Falls, ID 521,618 31,296 276,458 213,864 504,245 30,254 267,250 206,741
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DOE Livermore, CA 1,363,525 157,682 1,033,591 172,252 1,326,375 154,702 999,421 172,252
Los Alamos National Laboratory DOE Los Alamos, NM 1,987,000 159,000 1,808,150 19,850 1,962,000 157,000 1,785,400 19,600
Sandia National Laboratories DOE Albuquerque, NM 2,781,547 142,790 734,827 1,903,930 2,745,963 142,790 724,934 1,878,239
Savannah River National Laboratory DOE Aiken, SC 125,881 6,294 62,941 56,646 125,881 6,294 62,941 56,646
i = imputed.
CMS = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOT = Department of Transportation; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center;  FAA = Federal Aviation Administration; HHS = Health and Human Services; IRS = Internal Revenue Service; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NIST = National Institute of Science and Technology; NSF = National Science Foundation;  NSA/CSS = National Security Agency/Central Security Service; NRC = Nuclear Regulatory Commission; OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense; S&T = Science and Technology Directorate; VA = Department of Veterans Affairs.
a Type of R&D of work distribution not provided by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). To correct for nonresponse, all CNA expenditures were allocated to applied research based on a review of CNA's publicly available research portfolio.
b 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.