Table 5. Total R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC: FYs 2005–14

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011a 2012 2013 2014
All FFRDCs 13,254,522 13,218,497 13,824,987 15,616,390 16,390,111 18,880,609 18,671,245 18,280,943 17,667,184 17,718,556
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Centerb 32,500 34,200 36,490 38,940 41,470 880,653 908,458 874,653 835,068 838,708
Ames Laboratory 29,293 26,460 25,254 27,306 29,012 30,836 32,442 33,853 34,234 41,824
Argonne National Laboratory 482,051 472,961 489,684 533,530 543,169 650,504 710,435 679,387 708,501 719,459
Arroyo Center 28,152 24,518 25,195 23,852 27,692 28,647 32,180 31,278 32,789 33,391
Brookhaven National Laboratory 483,039 490,686 510,212 480,455 569,240 535,546 526,571 516,921 529,634 573,364
Center for Advanced Aviation System Developmentc 6,429 6,601 7,290 126,171 133,869 149,686 165,645 159,311 146,860 149,054
Center for Communications and Computing 50,800 51,500 57,400 59,500 66,293 71,927 72,600 62,600 51,477 63,199
Center for Enterprise Modernizationc 4,802 6,342 7,101 166,894 181,958 170,460 187,785 226,539 202,319 158,069
Center for Naval Analyses 83,837 87,499 99,993 106,967 109,694 109,068 85,165 91,628 86,132 80,283
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 16,391 16,397 17,007 17,960 16,614 15,346 16,377 13,147 12,331 12,314
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare na na na na na na na na 17,521 70,458
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 323,153 330,980 337,306 340,486 376,791 402,658 420,119 412,438 376,472 334,522
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 334,400 334,500 339,800 509,700 378,200 643,935 431,600 430,100 433,900 448,500
Homeland Security Institute NA 20,521 25,370 27,400 na na na na na na
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute na na na na 32,173 33,402 36,870 30,213 22,452 20,866
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institutec na na na na 3,387 58,715 85,154 77,159 75,530 94,353
Idaho National Laboratory 232,289 163,074 248,322 236,037 388,062 478,356 425,072 536,399 496,818 479,801
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,606,409 1,548,019 1,717,203 1,733,597 1,711,528 1,640,341 1,543,969 1,493,613 1,519,258 1,664,539
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Centerc na na na na na na 4,650 5,309 6,399 2,299
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 482,672 485,626 503,775 573,917 611,711 759,381 788,386 767,554 768,563 762,601
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,456,368 1,431,019 1,353,980 1,301,874 1,321,633 1,370,747 1,424,993 1,353,454 1,313,293 1,170,571
Lincoln Laboratory 627,201 622,993 618,011 641,386 706,555 789,502 822,358 873,104 872,298 830,076
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2,101,211 2,145,200 2,046,260 2,073,538 2,172,179 2,505,913 2,307,197 2,056,878 1,708,000 1,767,000
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center 13,831 14,108 13,591 12,586 14,738 13,203 14,317 na na na
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center na na 6,320 12,979 19,934 50,058 41,786 31,201 29,849 30,310
National Center for Atmospheric Research 135,893 153,343 144,293 161,130 203,627 220,328 198,231 169,743 172,527 162,259
National Defense Research Institute 25,747 34,203 38,152 40,051 42,265 51,652 46,330 53,832 59,460 62,073
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 52,775 54,616 53,608 55,922 56,972 45,596 36,165 36,321 30,021 25,161
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 52,023 40,771 129,000 146,098 151,396 137,607 81,305 79,168 93,253 85,327
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 211,323 196,449 190,874 229,399 273,640 326,652 386,539 398,873 347,368 359,998
National Security Engineering Centerc 37,213 37,073 46,368 936,228 939,312 925,027 941,187 946,737 928,614 885,382
National Solar Observatory na na na na na 11,549 11,724 10,236 10,648 10,039
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 897,252 928,090 1,083,509 1,251,336 1,259,259 1,538,412 1,558,073 1,553,460 1,451,684 1,293,722
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 779,522 749,365 851,512 885,984 1,064,230 1,116,648 1,095,923 1,033,768 934,491 1,021,912
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 81,803 78,151 75,720 78,154 81,113 83,932 84,863 81,389 85,088 97,768
Project Air Force 35,742 39,107 39,315 41,794 45,162 43,957 44,171 41,031 36,003 39,351
Sandia National Laboratories 1,946,435 1,968,488 2,031,309 2,076,786 2,043,509 2,157,022 2,277,166 2,293,307 2,412,476 2,507,099
Savannah River National Laboratory 98,650 102,547 114,895 118,400 130,292 127,160 134,530 132,357 115,857 121,013
Science and Technology Policy Institute 5,415 6,800 5,600 6,000 5,100 6,000 8,700 7,547 5,010 10,949
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 205,690 214,026 231,960 234,316 294,421 354,393 327,716 329,747 327,005 316,646
Software Engineering Institute 62,262 75,636 80,566 80,963 89,077 99,334 107,837 113,371 134,973 123,217
Systems and Analyses Center 118,600 130,400 141,500 146,500 166,000 156,000 156,200 149,150 142,977 145,211
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 113,349 96,228 81,242 82,254 88,834 90,456 90,456 94,167 100,031 105,868