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Table 4. Federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by federal agency and FFRDC: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC All federal R&D expenditures DOD DOE HHS DHS DOT NASA NSF Other
All FFRDCs 20,770,388 4,474,684 10,398,348 989,479 542,355 175,460 2,938,629 247,629 1,003,804
University-administered FFRDCs 6,560,094 987,981 2,281,061 33,818 104,514 8,822 2,782,169 237,460 124,269
Ames Laboratory 35,696 0 35,449 0 0 0 0 0 247
Argonne National Laboratory 747,349 19,215 667,285 4,672 28,064 3,099 479 2,586 21,949
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 327,630 938 326,552 0 64 0 17 59 0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2,733,908 0 0 0 0 0 2,733,908 0 0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 769,839 11,582 723,203 24,643 3,012 0 3,833 0 3,566
Lincoln Laboratory 1,001,849 862,555 2,078 0 30,851 0 31,887 0 74,478
National Center for Atmospheric Research 139,532 5,625 4,027 100 0 5,346 9,361 101,293 13,780
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 24,172 46 2,498 0 0 0 328 21,300 0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 98,642 529 0 0 0 0 603 97,510 0
National Solar Observatory 14,027 0 0 0 0 0 664 13,321 42
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 82,057 223 81,052 0 0 0 752 21 9
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 326,587 1,601 319,922 3,515 0 0 181 1,368 0
Software Engineering Institute 142,877 85,624 3,155 888 42,523 377 112 0 10,198
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 115,929 43 115,840 0 0 0 44 2 0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,490,564 2,358,905 2,698,015 197,815 287,593 164,357 97,193 10,169 676,517
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center 1,018,425 906,077 9,571 0 5,567 659 58,514 1,474 36,563
Arroyo Center 39,738 39,738 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory 525,170 138 499,070 3,865 1,294 0 7,836 0 12,967
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 156,437 0 0 0 0 156,437 0 0 0
Center for Communications and Computing 68,237 68,237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Center for Enterprise Modernization 161,448 0 0 0 0 0 391 0 161,057
Center for Naval Analyses 95,198 95,198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 4,647 1 2 0 0 91 0 0 4,553
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare 175,030 0 0 175,030 0 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center 46,321 0 0 0 46,321 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 104,689 0 0 0 104,689 0 0 0 0
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center 6,697 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,697
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 37,598 0 0 0 37,598 0 0 0 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence 19,556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19,556
National Defense Research Institute 57,743 56,349 0 0 563 0 0 0 831
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 349,410 8,636 324,591 0 185 969 177 0 14,852
National Security Engineering Center 1,077,697 862,330 293 0 49 0 108 0 214,917
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,378,398 27,034 1,179,439 6,257 16,330 6,117 28,733 0 114,488
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 943,147 78,275 685,049 12,663 74,997 84 1,434 609 90,036
Project Air Force 48,858 48,858 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute 8,086 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,086 0
Systems and Analyses Center 168,034 168,034 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 7,719,730 1,127,798 5,419,272 757,846 150,248 2,281 59,267 0 203,018
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 748,500 1,208 0 747,291 0 0 0 0 1
Idaho National Laboratory 376,053 47,526 260,233 1 47,621 0 583 0 20,089
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,353,502 190,789 1,118,727 3,507 32,185 0 1,819 0 6,475
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2,120,857 40,950 1,933,691 6,393 14,466 0 53,975 0 71,382
Sandia National Laboratories 2,967,822 833,246 1,974,503 654 49,769 2,281 2,890 0 104,479
Savannah River National Laboratory 152,996 14,079 132,118 0 6,207 0 0 0 592
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 2018.