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Table 13. Federal obligations for research and development to federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC and agency: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Total DHS DOC DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF Othera
All FFRDCs 11,403,869.2 89,242.0 13,421.5 1,703,199.8 7,213,045.1 519,992.2 1,528,491.1 212,743.4 123,734.0
Administered by industrial firms 4,119,377.4 14,363.1 0.0 352,857.5 3,264,747.8 469,640.8 1,732.4 0.0 16,035.6
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 468,065.2 0.0 0.0 3,630.9 0.0 464,434.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Idaho National Laboratory 254,943.0 400.0 0.0 420.0 248,021.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,101.3
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 981,852.8 8,702.7 0.0 52,722.0 918,379.9 1,466.4 506.7 0.0 75.0
Los Alamos National Laboratory 898,541.1 4,826.8 0.0 47,255.3 841,642.0 3,551.4 1,225.6 0.0 40.0
Sandia National Laboratories 1,490,053.1 240.0 0.0 248,457.2 1,231,759.8 188.8 0.0 0.0 9,407.4
Savannah River National Laboratory 25,922.2 193.6 0.0 372.2 24,944.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 412.0
Administered by universities and collegesb 4,034,106.5 6,632.5 6,609.9 342,883.5 1,949,380.0 17,534.8 1,496,154.0 207,808.4 7,103.3
Ames Laboratory 34,209.4 0.0 0.0 164.9 33,244.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 800.0
Argonne National Laboratory 538,749.1 763.0 0.0 1,529.7 531,478.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,978.3
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 273,091.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 273,091.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,503,732.0 1,641.4 0.0 20,801.4 0.0 0.0 1,481,289.2 0.0 0.0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 676,718.5 4,228.1 0.0 7,067.1 645,473.2 16,784.8 3,077.2 0.0 88.0
Lincoln Laboratory 280,833.3 0.0 0.0 280,833.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Center for Atmospheric Research 117,356.5 0.0 6,609.9 0.0 0.0 450.0 11,787.6 97,272.0 1,237.0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 19,492.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19,492.4 0.0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 82,724.3 0.0 0.0 1,180.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 81,544.0 0.0
National Solar Observatory 9,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,500.0 0.0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 91,025.7 0.0 0.0 2,137.5 88,888.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 270,360.1 0.0 0.0 100.0 270,260.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Software Engineering Institute 29,369.2 0.0 0.0 29,069.2 0.0 300.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 106,945.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 106,945.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Administered by nonprofit institutionsc 3,250,385.4 68,246.4 6,811.6 1,007,458.8 1,998,917.2 32,816.5 30,604.7 4,935.0 100,595.1
Aerospace FFRDC 97,691.8 0.0 0.0 82,000.6 0.0 0.0 15,496.2 195.0 0.0
Arroyo Center 21,252.2 0.0 0.0 20,014.0 0.0 1,238.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 442,046.3 550.4 0.0 112.1 425,470.9 4,292.3 9,418.8 0.0 2,201.9
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 85,901.1 0.0 0.0 9,510.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 76,390.5
Center for Communications and Computing 5,254.4 0.0 25.0 5,229.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 30,037.0 0.0 0.0 29,237.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 800.0
Center for Naval Analyses 50,816.9 0.0 0.0 50,816.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 2,869.8 0.0 98.8 421.1 0.0 1,716.3 0.0 0.0 633.6
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 12,023.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12,023.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 4,068.6 3,793.6 0.0 275.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 46,024.9 27,843.0 0.0 18,181.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 9,584.6 0.0 0.0 2,820.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,764.3
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 17,158.9 14,565.1 0.0 2,593.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 6,687.8 0.0 6,687.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Defense Research Institute 11,257.0 0.0 0.0 11,257.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 312,811.0 0.0 0.0 1,382.1 311,429.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Security Engineering Center 130,167.1 0.0 0.0 130,167.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 980,763.2 1,651.2 0.0 22,681.8 941,666.3 2,021.1 5,689.8 0.0 7,052.9
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 365,735.6 19,843.0 0.0 7,580.6 320,351.1 11,525.4 0.0 0.0 6,435.5
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 506,438.5 0.0 0.0 501,382.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,740.0 316.4
Systems and Analyses Center 78,353.2 0.0 0.0 78,353.2 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 Departments of the Interior, Transportation, and the Treasury; the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; 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 2016–17.