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Table 4. Federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by federal agency and FFRDC: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC All federal R&D expenditures DOD DOE HHS DHS DOT NASA NSF Other
All FFRDCs 19,667,804 4,286,129 9,983,286 938,993 507,829 170,010 2,505,512 247,335 1,028,710
University-administered FFRDCs 6,013,003 980,872 2,194,384 32,485 101,441 8,585 2,365,158 236,472 93,606
Ames Laboratory 52,830 19 52,585 0 0 0 0 0 226
Argonne National Laboratory 690,234 16,854 610,489 4,442 31,761 1,614 374 1,222 23,478
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 319,559 0 319,380 0 61 0 0 118 0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2,324,826 0 0 0 0 0 2,324,826 0 0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 755,899 14,759 707,768 22,662 329 151 3,224 85 6,921
Lincoln Laboratory 963,584 865,125 2,728 0 27,813 0 26,024 0 41,894
National Center for Atmospheric Research 151,138 5,515 4,952 474 0 6,820 9,062 113,251 11,064
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 22,479 0 916 0 0 0 0 21,464 99
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 89,791 1,993 0 0 0 0 721 87,077 0
National Solar Observatory 11,833 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,761 72
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 81,123 181 80,139 0 0 0 781 10 12
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 311,686 68 307,674 2,377 0 0 38 1,480 49
Software Engineering Institute 132,870 76,353 2,711 2,530 41,477 0 8 0 9,791
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 105,151 5 105,042 0 0 0 100 4 0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,297,166 2,224,422 2,692,136 191,220 262,758 157,453 81,470 10,863 676,844
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 939,793 841,929 7,514 0 4,416 531 45,299 1,872 38,232
Arroyo Center 42,723 42,723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 539,075 149 506,985 4,186 1,377 0 9,564 0 16,814
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 148,610 0 0 0 0 148,610 0 0 0
Center for Communications and Computing 66,692 66,692 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 154,829 0 0 0 0 0 375 0 154,454
Center for Naval Analyses 90,401 90,401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 5,207 0 10 0 0 14 0 6 5,177
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 169,013 0 0 169,013 0 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center 8,622 0 0 0 8,622 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 104,414 0 0 0 104,414 0 0 0 0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 8,030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,030
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 34,991 0 0 0 34,991 0 0 0 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 13,436 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,436
National Defense Research Institute 69,013 64,857 0 0 3,055 0 192 0 909
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 328,197 5,698 305,137 0 820 1,812 23 0 14,707
National Security Engineering Center 1,009,971 804,677 271 0 503 0 138 0 204,382
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,373,042 29,204 1,164,323 4,312 17,678 6,486 24,443 0 126,596
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 971,060 66,446 707,896 13,709 86,882 0 1,436 584 94,107
Project Air Force 48,521 48,521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 8,401 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,401 0
Systems and Analyses Center 163,125 163,125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,357,635 1,080,835 5,096,766 715,288 143,630 3,972 58,884 0 258,260
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 704,223 0 0 702,786 0 0 0 0 1,437
Idaho National Laboratory 462,659 28,694 362,602 34 31,838 0 519 0 38,972
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,259,015 178,601 1,030,387 3,097 35,436 0 1,862 0 9,632
Los Alamos National Laboratory 1,950,268 39,833 1,729,406 8,016 19,096 0 51,581 0 102,336
Sandia National Laboratories 2,839,993 825,700 1,855,621 1,355 50,784 3,972 4,922 0 97,639
Savannah River National Laboratory 141,477 8,007 118,750 0 6,476 0 0 0 8,244
DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; DOT = Department of Transportation; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, FY 2017.