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Table 14. Federal obligations for R&D plant to federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC and agency: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Total DOD DOE NASA NSF
All FFRDCs 864,822.2 200.0 848,862.2 4,932.0 10,828.0
Administered by industrial firms 71,287.2 0.0 71,287.2 0.0 0.0
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 8,139.0 0.0 8,139.0 0.0 0.0
Los Alamos National Laboratory 54,090.2 0.0 54,090.2 0.0 0.0
Sandia National Laboratories 7,994.0 0.0 7,994.0 0.0 0.0
Savannah River National Laboratory 1,064.1 0.0 1,064.1 0.0 0.0
Administered by universities and collegesa 591,161.2 200.0 575,201.2 4,932.0 10,828.0
Ames Laboratory 1,084.0 0.0 1,084.0 0.0 0.0
Argonne National Laboratory 53,486.3 0.0 53,486.3 0.0 0.0
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 110,657.5 0.0 110,657.5 0.0 0.0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4,932.0 0.0 0.0 4,932.0 0.0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 68,641.7 0.0 68,641.7 0.0 0.0
Lincoln Laboratory 200.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Center for Atmospheric Research 8,328.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8,328.0
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,500.0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 31,045.0 0.0 31,045.0 0.0 0.0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 293,659.5 0.0 293,659.5 0.0 0.0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 16,627.3 0.0 16,627.3 0.0 0.0
Administered by nonprofit institutionsb 202,373.8 0.0 202,373.8 0.0 0.0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 70,353.6 0.0 70,353.6 0.0 0.0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 3,600.0 0.0 3,600.0 0.0 0.0
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 126,874.2 0.0 126,874.2 0.0 0.0
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 1,546.0 0.0 1,546.0 0.0 0.0
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation.
a Includes university consortia.
b 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.