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Table 14. Federal obligations for research and development to federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC and agency: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Total DHS DOC DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF Othera
All FFRDCs 11,118,960.6 120,104.7 9,609.6 1,914,125.6 6,892,143.8 468,441.5 1,384,873.2 225,603.2 104,058.8
Administered by industrial firms 3,935,849.1 29,984.5 0.0 336,426.8 3,132,976.8 421,720.9 987.6 0.0 13,752.4
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 415,202.7 0.0 0.0 168.8 0.0 414,856.0 0.0 0.0 178.0
Idaho National Laboratory 240,956.2 584.9 0.0 3,791.2 231,613.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,966.4
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 974,724.5 22,747.6 0.0 61,692.7 888,327.2 1,556.9 0.0 0.0 400.0
Los Alamos National Laboratory 920,608.1 5,317.0 0.0 48,860.8 861,458.9 3,906.1 987.6 0.0 77.7
Sandia National Laboratories 1,362,270.8 1,275.0 0.0 221,373.3 1,130,280.4 1,401.9 0.0 0.0 7,940.3
Savannah River National Laboratory 22,086.7 60.0 0.0 540.0 21,296.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 190.0
Administered by universities and collegesb 3,911,742.4 8,348.9 3,421.1 337,414.7 1,953,657.1 21,665.0 1,362,278.5 220,510.0 4,447.1
Ames Laboratory 50,749.8 0.0 90.2 0.0 50,659.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Argonne National Laboratory 515,629.2 900.0 0.0 643.6 510,468.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,617.0
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 298,195.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 298,195.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,377,175.0 2,464.6 0.0 18,363.5 6,466.7 0.0 1,349,880.2 0.0 0.0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 660,149.8 4,984.3 0.0 6,093.4 628,199.7 20,442.1 0.0 0.0 430.2
Lincoln Laboratory 279,091.1 0.0 0.0 279,091.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Center for Atmospheric Research 115,302.2 0.0 3,330.9 123.1 0.0 750.0 12,398.2 98,700.0 0.0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 25,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25,500.0 0.0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 83,310.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 83,310.0 0.0
National Solar Observatory 13,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,000.0 0.0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 77,132.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 77,132.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 275,791.2 0.0 0.0 300.0 275,491.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Software Engineering Institute 33,473.3 0.0 0.0 32,600.4 0.0 472.9 0.0 0.0 400.0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 107,242.5 0.0 0.0 199.6 107,042.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Administered by nonprofit institutionsc 3,271,369.1 81,771.3 6,188.4 1,240,284.1 1,805,509.9 25,055.7 21,607.2 5,093.2 85,859.3
Aerospace FFRDC 166,584.3 0.0 0.0 153,895.1 0.0 0.0 12,336.0 353.2 0.0
Arroyo Center 1,004.6 0.0 0.0 1,004.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 447,398.5 454.8 10.0 1,388.8 428,191.1 3,539.8 9,271.1 0.0 4,542.8
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 126,030.2 0.0 0.0 59,169.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 66,860.5
Center for Communications and Computing 2,550.0 0.0 0.0 2,550.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 38,471.2 0.0 0.0 38,146.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 325.0
Center for Naval Analyses 52,587.7 0.0 0.0 52,587.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 3,409.5 0.0 0.0 97.5 0.0 2,148.8 0.0 0.0 1,163.1
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 4,613.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,613.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 6,770.5 5,304.7 0.0 1,465.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 45,741.1 40,001.1 0.0 5,740.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 55,112.2 0.0 0.0 55,112.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 13,458.6 13,458.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 8,562.0 0.0 6,178.4 2,383.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Defense Research Institute 13,240.8 0.0 0.0 13,240.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 298,115.2 0.0 0.0 142.5 297,972.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Security Engineering Center 178,493.7 0.0 0.0 178,493.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 810,220.0 2,372.5 0.0 22,735.1 776,078.1 2,036.0 0.0 0.0 6,998.3
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 348,879.6 20,179.6 0.0 6,860.0 303,268.0 12,717.5 0.0 0.0 5,854.5
Project Air Force 33,442.3 0.0 0.0 33,442.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 545,675.0 0.0 0.0 540,819.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,740.0 115.1
Systems and Analyses Center 71,008.7 0.0 0.0 71,008.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOC = Department of Commerce; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation.
a Includes data for the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
b Includes university consortia.
c Other than universities and colleges.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2015–17.