Table 33. Federal obligations for science and engineering research and development and R&D plant to the 100 nonprofit institutions receiving the largest amounts, ranked by total amount received in FY 2016: FYs 2008–16

(Dollars in thousands)

Rank Institution 2008 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
All institutions 6,287,649.0 7,499,992.0 8,361,729.8 6,516,579.6 6,108,098.1 5,768,589.4 6,009,464.0 5,711,321.3 6,096,636.3
1 Massachusetts General Hospital 320,172.0 386,560.6 426,026.5 350,265.9 356,354.1 325,659.4 352,639.1 348,969.6 372,724.8
2 Brigham and Women's Hospital 254,107.0 324,851.8 367,928.5 286,955.6 333,283.5 316,600.7 312,197.0 320,659.6 338,274.5
3 Mayo Clinic 188,540.0 213,859.0 222,429.9 214,388.7 222,194.7 215,728.2 239,171.5 238,966.4 251,014.5
4 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 224,163.0 263,530.7 244,288.1 262,061.9 225,882.3 182,821.0 235,417.0 232,509.4 241,704.3
5 Battelle Memorial Institute 309,077.0 303,214.9 270,097.5 281,048.5 273,121.7 190,090.2 238,735.1 213,463.2 205,602.0
6 RAND Corp. 39,794.0 49,971.9 89,021.1 92,300.7 84,335.3 167,137.6 148,704.7 40,912.2 165,470.6
7 SRI International 131,549.0 140,267.5 199,092.5 214,452.5 151,730.1 179,006.3 132,427.8 157,427.4 163,154.4
8 Boston Children's Hospital 97,502.0 112,811.0 130,728.3 114,770.0 120,150.5 124,777.1 123,988.7 133,821.4 139,416.9
9 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston 114,981.0 152,205.0 157,383.2 127,968.4 135,903.4 121,565.8 111,028.2 110,006.8 129,908.2
10 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 140,217.0 150,944.5 169,520.3 129,322.9 128,363.3 118,238.7 122,453.8 123,759.8 127,299.7
11 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 107,330.0 137,649.3 146,441.3 107,438.2 117,598.2 106,156.6 110,526.6 106,944.6 124,048.0
12 Universities Space Research Association 29,996.0 23,422.3 25,380.3 34,998.2 73,635.7 68,141.9 93,085.4 82,271.7 117,442.1
13 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 89,951.0 98,291.6 105,383.0 107,130.1 110,522.3 109,554.6 104,820.0 99,960.2 113,238.4
14 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 75,366.0 103,128.1 113,651.8 104,854.5 132,066.2 111,084.5 116,908.9 117,837.8 112,638.1
15 Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine 156,160.0 144,467.0 155,213.6 183,418.7 161,497.3 103,390.0 129,333.4 79,949.8 105,802.9
16 Broad Institute 0.0 140,200.3 150,122.6 111,089.9 119,683.8 98,797.4 130,457.6 101,919.2 103,907.3
17 Southwest Research Institute 41,065.0 103,350.5 84,978.4 84,465.6 138,182.1 82,555.4 80,761.6 84,875.2 99,829.0
18 Research Triangle Institute 96,438.0 96,295.6 268,189.9 109,297.3 72,759.9 74,316.1 69,130.7 76,631.8 73,817.3
19 American Society for Engineering Education 13,650.0 22,636.2 52,581.0 69,157.3 31,877.0 60,189.4 62,133.8 72,998.5 72,065.2
20 Kaiser Permanente 42,788.0 50,538.0 99,501.0 47,546.4 44,930.5 41,053.6 52,879.2 55,445.5 70,878.5
21 Draper Laboratory 21,078.0 29,262.6 38,402.6 45,121.2 46,426.7 42,116.6 39,360.1 70,368.3 67,979.7
22 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 64,563.0 67,854.6 75,532.7 72,732.9 71,311.4 66,467.3 63,834.6 64,021.7 67,564.4
23 National Academy of Sciences 66,571.0 72,036.8 61,819.2 56,069.2 30,944.5 44,400.1 75,101.2 68,460.4 61,871.2
24 Jackson Laboratory 45,057.0 53,804.5 50,526.6 50,956.5 52,722.6 50,913.9 52,182.9 58,651.9 54,023.8
25 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla 76,033.0 81,156.0 82,146.1 75,067.5 69,509.9 54,269.2 60,668.3 45,253.6 52,269.0
26 Seattle Children's 22,538.0 29,248.0 32,889.0 33,377.7 33,034.0 29,489.3 37,787.0 37,441.9 49,207.7
27 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 25,996.0 34,263.2 41,006.6 31,447.0 26,976.5 27,995.5 36,588.4 43,004.1 46,810.0
28 Virginia Mason Foundation 8,408.0 14,604.0 12,791.6 15,282.3 26,742.1 18,744.0 47,624.5 42,643.0 43,616.2
29 City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute 0.0 37,192.8 48,487.9 34,786.6 53,579.0 38,077.5 43,870.9 43,971.4 41,201.8
30 National Ecological Observatory Network 8,158.0 20,321.1 33,873.7 22,252.8 60,555.8 87,171.7 114,200.0 40,000.0 39,017.4
31 Magee-Womens Research Institute 31,496.0 29,111.3 19,837.5 34,922.1 31,914.3 21,799.1 30,707.7 44,782.9 37,225.0
32 Wistar Institute 30,850.0 36,490.6 28,476.5 33,440.7 25,859.6 24,105.4 27,190.4 23,436.8 34,066.4
33 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute 35,826.0 45,745.8 46,361.1 40,528.5 37,270.4 31,143.8 29,186.1 29,320.3 33,551.7
34 J. David Gladstone Institutes 25,020.0 34,860.7 43,335.2 31,364.8 26,464.3 26,581.9 30,488.1 26,259.2 33,098.3
35 National Jewish Health 39,272.0 47,224.1 74,937.8 27,524.4 25,586.3 26,532.1 26,013.4 35,364.0 32,602.6
36 Inc. Research Institutions for Seismology 25,407.0 40,009.1 28,879.9 27,833.6 28,017.9 39,547.7 39,581.3 32,293.3 31,193.4
37 FlexTech Alliance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14,558.6 31,112.6
38 Nationwide Children's Hospital 26,513.0 24,123.7 27,516.4 24,845.3 28,052.5 28,339.9 29,295.4 31,189.1 30,962.8
39 La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology 20,549.0 36,530.8 38,194.5 29,142.8 30,762.5 26,110.5 33,051.7 30,728.0 30,948.2
40 Salk Institute for Biological Studies 51,498.0 48,376.5 56,258.7 50,864.3 51,513.1 43,374.4 39,748.2 31,324.8 30,232.7
41 Rhode Island Hospital 26,804.0 37,408.0 33,042.6 30,977.2 28,303.6 30,149.7 24,277.2 25,807.7 28,810.5
42 Texas Biomedical Research Institute 29,268.0 34,302.4 31,311.0 25,260.8 33,895.1 27,087.2 30,281.5 20,419.9 27,805.8
43 McLean Hospital 28,973.0 25,722.8 30,530.7 24,777.3 28,925.6 25,852.2 27,286.5 25,673.0 27,565.6
44 Boston Medical Center 31,405.0 37,598.0 41,497.7 39,124.5 37,849.4 35,215.7 38,894.4 31,252.2 27,239.4
45 Roswell Park Cancer Institute 32,440.0 42,657.8 45,433.0 40,023.6 33,736.9 33,339.1 24,214.3 27,867.6 27,124.9
46 Northern California Institute for Research and Education 36,946.0 45,045.0 61,216.2 26,420.3 18,308.4 25,774.8 38,012.5 27,454.1 26,562.9
47 Children's National Medical Center 20,459.0 30,276.5 28,968.1 30,701.3 26,827.6 25,253.9 28,697.0 27,152.7 26,251.9
48 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 18,658.0 32,483.1 38,581.8 24,333.3 25,784.6 25,396.6 24,691.4 22,681.3 26,180.7
49 American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,752.0 24,282.0
50 National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. 17,408.0 20,708.2 29,727.3 27,211.6 25,556.5 22,589.0 23,203.1 25,650.0 23,294.5
51 UI Labs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14,611.4 23,048.0
52 Feinstein Institute for Medical Research 26,203.0 43,777.4 31,828.2 33,719.2 22,654.6 20,537.7 31,740.4 21,970.8 22,764.6
53 NRG Oncology Foundation 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30,145.7 30,388.3 22,561.5
54 Joslin Diabetes Center 21,196.0 19,703.4 21,514.1 19,556.1 17,100.8 37,131.9 12,732.4 11,871.4 22,084.9
55 Fox Chase Cancer Center 46,923.0 55,372.2 40,469.6 28,982.5 28,487.4 26,706.6 27,046.3 20,777.5 21,990.4
56 Center for Infectious Disease Research 0.0 13,816.5 20,628.1 21,801.0 18,777.7 20,903.9 22,524.1 17,802.3 21,088.1
57 Children's Hospital Los Angeles 20,154.0 22,702.5 19,990.6 17,155.4 17,121.4 17,641.1 23,289.0 22,666.9 20,885.2
58 Bay Area Environmental Research Institute 4,185.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11,529.7 9,148.9 14,237.1 15,336.7 20,239.9
59 National Writing Project 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,305.7 610.1 800.7 608.3 20,178.2
60 Spurwink Services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11,981.9 0.0 0.0 20,037.7
61 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 15,171.0 22,303.7 20,068.6 19,733.4 21,686.6 20,288.0 24,228.5 20,537.4 19,944.8
62 ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18,660.1 21,656.5 19,759.9
63 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. 13,483.0 14,976.8 12,016.0 9,022.6 7,284.4 7,343.2 8,870.7 7,074.6 19,523.9
64 Tufts Medical Center 31,468.0 35,682.2 39,741.6 22,586.9 26,190.6 29,701.4 27,031.9 22,509.1 19,487.4
65 Noblis 1,291.0 40,050.6 41,213.1 30,058.6 23,510.2 11,067.0 8,272.5 7,067.3 19,106.3
66 National Institute of Aerospace Associates 15,743.0 10,251.1 12,124.2 15,257.4 18,976.8 15,812.5 16,818.5 16,565.9 18,661.0
67 New York Genome Center 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 345.6 684.2 18,085.3
68 Kennedy Krieger Institute 12,524.0 16,990.2 18,189.9 14,791.4 17,227.1 18,041.7 12,977.0 15,247.5 18,000.5
69 National Marrow Donor Program 35,000.0 500.0 18,087.5 17,810.0 17,500.0 34,750.0 36,000.0 0.0 18,000.0
70 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 19,325.0 21,174.7 20,939.7 18,576.2 18,978.6 19,160.4 19,477.8 21,278.7 17,553.9
71 Group Health Cooperative 25,935.0 21,755.6 28,389.5 31,817.2 23,884.9 20,486.0 23,963.7 22,539.3 17,483.2
72 Riverside Research 3,997.0 1,394.0 2,208.6 2,200.0 1,732.0 4,030.6 6,707.3 9,724.0 16,949.7
73 HealthPartners Institute 4,560.0 5,858.6 6,007.8 4,877.5 4,408.9 3,738.6 5,416.9 7,886.8 16,923.5
74 Krell Institute Inc. 7,129.0 6,875.9 7,864.0 8,076.0 8,000.0 13,303.4 3,284.0 6,547.4 16,491.9
75 Henry Ford Health System 21,881.0 21,302.3 18,796.3 15,640.7 15,536.0 20,213.0 15,007.0 14,656.4 16,216.5
76 American Type Culture Collection 20,021.0 9,912.7 21,691.3 13,750.0 22,284.2 16,660.0 16,991.6 18,303.9 15,970.3
77 MITRE Corp.b 322,882.0 344,764.8 332,934.5 1,684.3 2,546.8 469.2 31,100.1 12,787.3 15,949.7
78 Southern Research Institute 19,062.0 44,430.7 19,272.1 25,661.2 18,388.3 10,397.9 15,117.3 24,677.2 15,681.7
79 Institute for Systems Biology 19,828.0 14,053.2 18,268.1 9,386.7 11,119.3 11,953.2 9,512.5 10,811.9 15,620.1
80 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17,200.0 15,000.0 15,000.0 15,000.0 15,000.0
81 Carnegie Institution for Science 20,376.0 23,804.6 26,098.6 23,769.9 29,589.9 26,364.3 24,720.5 25,275.6 14,931.5
82 Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation 3,625.0 20,892.2 12,376.1 4,519.7 6,143.5 13,931.9 11,705.7 14,796.5 14,685.3
83 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute 11,591.0 9,859.3 6,584.6 8,654.7 13,649.0 12,663.4 11,103.5 11,021.1 14,406.7
84 UNAVCO Inc. 15,817.0 19,381.8 22,365.0 15,388.6 15,189.3 15,596.4 13,949.1 13,637.4 14,342.6
85 Houston Methodist Hospital 7,205.0 6,391.1 12,729.5 10,679.8 10,458.8 12,123.7 13,942.2 11,703.3 14,133.5
86 Concurrent Technologies Corp. 66,507.0 61,270.7 103,698.5 60,441.0 49,671.7 37,830.5 26,966.4 11,106.4 13,718.3
87 Arkansas Children's Hospital 12,364.0 12,232.7 16,204.3 13,524.7 16,234.5 11,005.2 10,667.6 9,693.1 13,376.9
88 J. Craig Venter Institute 33,508.0 70,937.5 39,822.8 34,017.2 30,447.6 23,024.8 13,722.1 10,677.0 13,071.2
89 National Math and Science Initiative Inc. 0.0 0.0 0.0 14,996.4 0.0 0.0 348.0 19,943.2 13,000.0
90 Sanford Research 612.0 4,507.1 6,963.4 8,945.5 9,798.7 12,358.4 13,244.8 12,567.2 12,818.8
91 National Opinion Research Center, Chicago 28,377.0 14,126.5 14,732.2 17,501.4 31,871.4 39,344.1 17,486.3 11,720.7 12,742.7
92 Public Health Institute 14,699.0 8,646.0 10,061.6 10,306.0 9,302.3 7,316.1 10,634.6 12,192.0 12,379.8
93 Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research 11,058.0 14,537.2 12,585.3 12,036.6 11,107.4 16,401.8 14,003.6 13,771.9 12,275.2
94 Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton 13,696.0 15,541.3 14,687.7 12,584.5 14,121.3 10,932.0 10,879.9 11,968.6 11,611.8
95 HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology 6,095.0 12,659.4 13,389.5 6,947.6 8,213.9 8,472.9 5,522.7 7,860.0 11,286.7
96 Forsyth Institute 7,926.0 10,964.8 19,836.7 11,628.8 11,777.9 8,299.6 11,700.7 10,222.8 10,346.5
97 Miriam Hospital 10,092.0 13,807.5 14,203.0 15,056.9 17,722.3 15,919.1 15,786.0 10,762.1 10,226.8
98 Schepens Eye Research Institute 15,315.0 25,145.9 17,002.0 14,077.1 13,473.9 9,625.4 11,613.4 11,252.3 9,989.5
99 Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation Inc. 0.0 0.0 156.4 106.0 0.0 3,785.2 3,022.0 5,416.9 9,849.7
100 Jaeb Center for Health Research 13,144.0 13,352.8 16,729.2 19,592.6 15,751.3 9,001.7 12,056.4 11,315.7 9,824.5
All other institutions 1,947,641.0 2,247,671.0 2,549,719.3 1,780,339.5 1,335,638.8 1,282,812.1 1,196,251.6 1,172,714.6 1,040,419.9