Table 5. Total and federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by type of R&D and FFRDC: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Sponsor Location Total Federally financed
All R&D expenditures Basic research Applied research Experimental development All R&D expenditures Basic research Applied research Experimental development
All FFRDCs 20,038,307 4,111,306 7,931,389 7,995,612 19,667,804 4,038,735 7,756,328 7,872,741
University-administered FFRDCs 6,155,252 2,113,711 1,638,473 2,403,068 6,013,003 2,053,514 1,574,159 2,385,330
Ames Laboratory DOE Ames, IA 53,527 40,715 11,977 835 52,830 40,405 11,608 817
Argonne National Laboratory DOE Argonne, IL 723,824 145,727 329,671 248,426 690,234 145,727 298,016 246,491
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory DOE Batavia, IL 320,516 319,806 710 0 319,559 318,879 680 0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Pasadena, CA 2,324,826 232,483 232,483 1,859,860 2,324,826 232,483 232,483 1,859,860
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory DOE Berkeley, CA 813,267 664,862 124,694 23,711 755,899 629,404 107,134 19,361
Lincoln Laboratory DOD, OSD Lexington, MA 969,090 4,000 876,446 88,644 963,584 4,000 876,446 83,138
National Center for Atmospheric Research NSF Boulder, CO 171,551 71,519 36,269 63,763 151,138 66,739 25,659 58,740
National Optical Astronomy Observatory NSF Tucson, AZ 25,906 25,906 0 0 22,479 22,479 0 0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory NSF Charlottesville, VA 91,720 86,337 1,501 3,882 89,791 85,887 831 3,073
National Solar Observatory NSF Sunspot, NM 11,841 11,841 0 0 11,833 11,833 0 0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory DOE Princeton, NJ 81,444 81,411 33 0 81,123 81,090 33 0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory DOE Menlo Park, CA 327,453 313,741 13,712 0 311,686 301,394 10,292 0
Software Engineering Institute DOD, OSD Pittsburgh, PA 132,967 8,043 10,977 113,947 132,870 8,043 10,977 113,850
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility DOE Newport News, VA 107,320 107,320 0 0 105,151 105,151 0 0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,413,612 1,467,534 1,798,254 3,147,824 6,297,166 1,461,819 1,757,092 3,078,255
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center DOD, Air Force El Segundo, CA 942,704 18,928 67,252 856,524 939,793 18,782 64,487 856,524
Arroyo Center DOD, Army Santa Monica, CA 42,723 0 42,723 0 42,723 0 42,723 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory DOE Upton, NY 556,875 420,275 66,630 69,970 539,075 417,288 63,393 58,394
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development DOT, FAA McLean, VA 168,169 4,434 29,740 133,995 148,610 4,383 29,157 115,070
Center for Communications and Computing DOD, NSA/CSS Alexandria, VA 66,692 16,673 33,346 16,673 66,692 16,673 33,346 16,673
Center for Enterprise Modernization Treasury/IRS, VA McLean, VA 154,933 8,209 17,879 128,845 154,829 8,209 17,875 128,745
Center for Naval Analyses DOD, Navy Alexandria, VA 90,401 0 90,401 0 90,401 0 90,401 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses NRC San Antonio, TX 6,312 0 6,312 0 5,207 0 5,207 0
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare HHS, CMS Baltimore, MD 169,013 277 6,533 162,203 169,013 277 6,533 162,203
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center DHS, S&T Crystal City, VA 8,622 0 8,622 0 8,622 0 8,622 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute DHS, S&T McLean, VA 104,414 161 2,576 101,677 104,414 161 2,576 101,677
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center U.S. Courts McLean, VA 8,030 30 354 7,646 8,030 30 354 7,646
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center DHS, S&T Frederick, MD 34,991 0 34,991 0 34,991 0 34,991 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence NIST Rockville, MD 13,436 55 343 13,038 13,436 55 343 13,038
National Defense Research Institute DOD, OSD Santa Monica, CA 69,013 0 69,013 0 69,013 0 69,013 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory DOE Golden, CO 357,916 14,822 113,221 229,873 328,197 14,822 113,221 200,154
National Security Engineering Center DOD, OSD Bedford, MA/McLean, VA 1,012,155 27,436 127,543 857,176 1,009,971 27,229 127,338 855,404
Oak Ridge National Laboratory DOE Oak Ridge, TN 1,403,204 778,962 624,242 0 1,373,042 778,962 594,080 0
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory DOE Richland, WA 983,962 177,272 236,486 570,204 971,060 174,948 233,385 562,727
Project Air Force DOD, Air Force Santa Monica, CA 48,521 0 48,521 0 48,521 0 48,521 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute NSF Washington, DC 8,401 0 8,401 0 8,401 0 8,401 0
Systems and Analyses Center DOD, OSD Alexandria, VA 163,125 0 163,125 0 163,125 0 163,125 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,469,443 530,061 4,494,662 2,444,720 7,357,635 523,402 4,425,077 2,409,156
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research HHS, NIH Frederick, MD 704,223 83,963 620,260 0 704,223 83,963 620,260 0
Idaho National Laboratory DOE Idaho Falls, ID 482,840 28,970 255,905 197,965 462,659 27,759 245,209 189,691
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DOE Livermore, CA 1,290,134 130,113 946,204 213,817 1,259,015 126,465 918,927 213,623
Los Alamos National Laboratory DOE Los Alamos, NM 1,972,769 157,821 1,795,220 19,728 1,950,268 156,021 1,774,744 19,503
Sandia National Laboratories DOE Albuquerque, NM 2,878,000 122,120 806,334 1,949,546 2,839,993 122,120 795,198 1,922,675
Savannah River National Laboratory DOE Aiken, SC 141,477 7,074 70,739 63,664 141,477 7,074 70,739 63,664