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Table 13. Federal obligations for research and development to federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC and agency: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Total DHS DOC DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF Othera
All FFRDCs 11,605,590.8 106,253.8 34,014.8 1,486,685.0 7,133,128.2 720,859.0 1,789,264.5 210,787.6 124,598.1
Administered by industrial firms 4,042,821.4 49,361.7 0.0 245,703.5 3,063,747.0 665,648.2 1,752.3 0.0 16,608.8
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 660,106.0 0.0 0.0 475.2 0.0 659,630.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Idaho National Laboratory 309,846.7 914.1 0.0 3,336.8 300,068.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,527.0
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 965,679.1 28,426.0 0.0 46,457.7 885,387.0 1,944.4 64.0 0.0 3,400.0
Los Alamos National Laboratory 881,335.4 6,121.4 0.0 54,767.8 815,576.7 3,181.3 1,688.3 0.0 0.0
Sandia National Laboratories 1,174,926.0 2,500.0 0.0 138,175.1 1,025,955.5 891.6 0.0 0.0 7,403.8
Savannah River National Laboratory 50,928.1 11,400.2 0.0 2,490.8 36,759.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 278.0
Administered by universities and collegesb 4,419,767.2 4,601.3 32,837.9 363,618.3 2,034,081.4 21,327.4 1,753,971.5 205,784.6 3,544.9
Ames Laboratory 28,552.1 0.0 0.0 1,227.1 27,096.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 228.4
Argonne National Laboratory 561,247.3 0.0 0.0 1,565.6 556,787.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,894.0
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 294,949.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 294,949.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,758,673.3 215.1 0.0 20,355.7 0.0 0.0 1,738,102.5 0.0 0.0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 707,702.0 4,386.2 0.0 3,919.8 679,736.9 19,607.4 0.0 0.0 51.6
Lincoln Laboratory 302,862.8 0.0 0.0 302,862.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Center for Atmospheric Research 137,810.7 0.0 32,837.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,869.0 88,733.0 370.8
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 22,991.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22,991.1 0.0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 88,060.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 88,060.4 0.0
National Solar Observatory 6,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,000.0 0.0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 97,070.6 0.0 0.0 5,695.3 91,375.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 276,850.0 0.0 0.0 539.7 274,590.3 1,720.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Software Engineering Institute 27,372.2 0.0 0.0 27,372.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 109,625.5 0.0 0.0 80.1 109,545.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Administered by nonprofit institutionsc 3,143,002.2 52,290.8 1,176.9 877,363.3 2,035,299.8 33,883.4 33,540.7 5,003.0 104,444.4
Aerospace FFRDC 103,172.9 0.0 0.0 80,558.4 0.0 0.0 22,351.5 263.0 0.0
Arroyo Center 22,351.0 0.0 0.0 21,748.2 0.0 602.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 466,926.7 618.7 0.0 1,328.5 449,394.7 3,356.2 11,189.2 0.0 1,039.4
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 112,450.9 0.0 0.0 30,268.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 82,182.9
Center for Communications and Computing 10,178.7 0.0 665.0 9,513.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 44,517.9 0.0 0.0 44,517.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Naval Analyses 53,146.4 0.0 0.0 53,146.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 1,720.5 0.0 275.0 199.5 0.0 755.2 0.0 0.0 490.8
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 16,691.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16,691.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center 10,601.1 10,001.1 0.0 600.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 40,391.5 21,796.6 0.0 18,594.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 13,413.7 0.0 0.0 5,379.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8,034.7
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 7,477.9 7,477.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 236.9 0.0 236.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Defense Research Institute 8,754.4 0.0 0.0 8,754.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 370,193.6 0.0 0.0 591.9 369,601.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Security Engineering Center 134,716.6 0.0 0.0 134,716.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 886,315.6 4,071.6 0.0 21,758.0 852,591.8 1,629.4 0.0 0.0 6,264.7
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 410,955.8 8,324.8 0.0 21,639.3 363,711.4 10,848.3 0.0 0.0 6,432.0
Project Air Force 3,656.2 0.0 0.0 3,656.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 339,282.4 0.0 0.0 334,542.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,740.0 0.0
Systems and Analyses Center 85,850.1 0.0 0.0 85,850.1 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 2017–18.