Back to Data Tables
Excel icon Download to excel

Table 6. Total and federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC: FYs 2011–14

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Total Federally financed
2011a 2012 2013 2014 2011 2012 2013 2014
All FFRDCs 18,671,245 18,280,943 17,667,184 17,718,556 18,276,088 17,875,012 17,284,513 17,331,396
University-administered FFRDCs 5,270,323 5,174,091 5,232,872 5,279,306 5,132,389 5,028,368 5,085,734 5,143,691
Ames Laboratory 32,442 33,853 34,234 41,824 31,471 32,884 32,907 40,834
Argonne National Laboratory 710,435 679,387 708,501 719,459 663,194 625,502 661,039 684,987
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 420,119 412,438 376,472 334,522 419,583 411,248 375,090 333,870
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,543,969 1,493,613 1,519,258 1,664,539 1,543,969 1,493,613 1,519,258 1,664,539
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 788,386 767,554 768,563 762,601 732,920 710,822 712,414 707,540
Lincoln Laboratory 822,358 873,104 872,298 830,076 819,664 871,380 869,773 827,461
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center 14,317 na na na 13,635 na na na
National Center for Atmospheric Research 198,231 169,743 172,527 162,259 182,310 151,752 155,227 148,933
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 36,165 36,321 30,021 25,161 31,006 32,062 27,175 21,487
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 81,305 79,168 93,253 85,327 80,401 78,562 88,418 76,668
National Solar Observatory 11,724 10,236 10,648 10,039 11,724 10,236 10,030 9,703
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 84,863 81,389 85,088 97,768 84,352 79,316 83,081 96,727
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 327,716 329,747 327,005 316,646 320,941 324,698 321,035 306,409
Software Engineering Institute 107,837 113,371 134,973 123,217 107,348 112,583 134,310 123,217
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 90,456 94,167 100,031 105,868 89,871 93,710 95,977 101,316
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,395,714 6,299,048 5,947,569 5,942,967 6,274,147 6,176,102 5,829,019 5,839,878
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 908,458 874,653 835,068 838,708 904,133 870,032 831,438 835,600
Arroyo Center 32,180 31,278 32,789 33,391 32,180 31,278 32,789 33,391
Brookhaven National Laboratory 526,571 516,921 529,634 573,364 504,491 489,496 504,762 556,024
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 165,645 159,311 146,860 149,054 155,254 150,274 133,286 133,416
Center for Communications and Computing 72,600 62,600 51,477 63,199 72,600 62,600 51,477 63,199
Center for Enterprise Modernization 187,785 226,539 202,319 158,069 187,785 226,539 202,319 158,069
Center for Naval Analyses 85,165 91,628 86,132 80,283 84,562 91,628 86,132 80,283
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 16,377 13,147 12,331 12,314 15,871 12,465 11,481 10,926
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare na na 17,521 70,458 na na 17,521 70,458
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 36,870 30,213 22,452 20,866 36,870 30,213 22,452 20,866
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 85,154 77,159 75,530 94,353 85,154 77,159 75,530 94,353
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 41,786 31,201 29,849 30,310 41,786 31,201 29,849 30,310
National Defense Research Institute 46,330 53,832 59,460 62,073 46,330 53,832 59,460 62,073
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 386,539 398,873 347,368 359,998 370,538 379,950 328,053 341,042
National Security Engineering Center 941,187 946,737 928,614 885,382 941,187 946,737 928,614 885,382
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,558,073 1,553,460 1,451,684 1,293,722 1,513,958 1,511,725 1,413,570 1,258,911
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 1,095,923 1,033,768 934,491 1,021,912 1,072,377 1,013,245 916,296 1,010,064
Project Air Force 44,171 41,031 36,003 39,351 44,171 41,031 36,003 39,351
Science and Technology Policy Institute 8,700 7,547 5,010 10,949 8,700 7,547 5,010 10,949
Systems and Analyses Center 156,200 149,150 142,977 145,211 156,200 149,150 142,977 145,211
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,005,208 6,807,804 6,486,743 6,496,283 6,869,552 6,670,542 6,369,760 6,347,827
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 431,600 430,100 433,900 448,500 431,600 430,100 433,900 448,500
Idaho National Laboratory 425,072 536,399 496,818 479,801 415,020 525,734 485,939 460,192
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 4,650 5,309 6,399 2,299 4,650 5,309 6,399 2,299
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,424,993 1,353,454 1,313,293 1,170,571 1,380,177 1,301,188 1,282,055 1,113,664
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2,307,197 2,056,878 1,708,000 1,767,000 2,266,539 2,013,692 1,665,000 1,728,000
Sandia National Laboratories 2,277,166 2,293,307 2,412,476 2,507,099 2,237,036 2,262,162 2,380,610 2,474,159
Savannah River National Laboratory 134,530 132,357 115,857 121,013 134,530 132,357 115,857 121,013
na = not applicable.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a R&D expenditures decreased in FY 2011 due to removal of expenditures for capital projects. In this survey, R&D expenditures do not include capital projects. In previous years, some FFRDCs included capital expenditures in their R&D totals. Previous years include an unknown amount of capital expenditures, estimated to be less than $500 million per year.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey.
r.3109 20160301 (internal editing revision number, will not be published)