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Table 6. Total R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by FFRDC: FYs 2009–18

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC 2009 2010 2011a 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
All FFRDCs 16,390,111 18,880,609 18,671,245 18,280,943 17,667,184 17,718,556 18,458,257 19,219,702 20,038,307 21,171,529
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Centerb 41,470 880,653 908,458 874,653 835,068 838,708 888,119 909,868 942,704 1,020,827
Ames Laboratory 29,012 30,836 32,442 33,853 34,234 41,824 45,845 46,886 53,527 36,858
Argonne National Laboratory 543,169 650,504 710,435 679,387 708,501 719,459 719,521 733,377 723,824 777,246
Arroyo Center 27,692 28,647 32,180 31,278 32,789 33,391 40,594 44,616 42,723 39,738
Brookhaven National Laboratory 569,240 535,546 526,571 516,921 529,634 573,364 587,194 579,087 556,875 552,640
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 133,869 149,686 165,645 159,311 146,860 149,054 155,696 156,644 168,169 177,530
Center for Communications and Computing 66,293 71,927 72,600 62,600 51,477 63,199 56,478 61,625 66,692 68,237
Center for Enterprise Modernization 181,958 170,460 187,785 226,539 202,319 158,069 145,442 146,436 154,933 162,690
Center for Naval Analyses 109,694 109,068 85,165 91,628 86,132 80,283 80,358 84,232 90,401 95,198
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses 16,614 15,346 16,377 13,147 12,331 12,314 12,636 8,600 6,312 5,054
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare na na na na 17,521 70,458 168,142 141,860 169,013 175,030
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 376,791 402,658 420,119 412,438 376,472 334,522 319,700 323,507 320,516 328,419
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 378,200 643,935 431,600 430,100 433,900 448,500 495,300 642,165 704,223 748,500
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center na na na na na na na na 8,622 46,321
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute 32,173 33,402 36,870 30,213 22,452 20,866 16,965 22,038 na na
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute 3,387 58,715 85,154 77,159 75,530 94,353 77,176 101,628 104,414 104,689
Idaho National Laboratory 388,062 478,356 425,072 536,399 496,818 479,801 476,376 521,618 482,840 395,112
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1,711,528 1,640,341 1,543,969 1,493,613 1,519,258 1,664,539 1,749,689 1,852,369 2,324,826 2,733,908
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center na na 4,650 5,309 6,399 2,299 4,318 9,289 8,030 6,697
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 611,711 759,381 788,386 767,554 768,563 762,601 792,457 797,831 813,267 832,457
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1,321,633 1,370,747 1,424,993 1,353,454 1,313,293 1,170,571 1,273,066 1,363,525 1,290,134 1,386,687
Lincoln Laboratory 706,555 789,502 822,358 873,104 872,298 830,076 914,071 949,138 969,090 1,013,320
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2,172,179 2,505,913 2,307,197 2,056,878 1,708,000 1,767,000 1,865,000 1,987,000 1,972,769 2,145,232
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center 14,738 13,203 14,317 na na na na na na na
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center 19,934 50,058 41,786 31,201 29,849 30,310 30,716 32,902 34,991 37,598
National Center for Atmospheric Research 203,627 220,328 198,231 169,743 172,527 162,259 166,385 177,422 171,551 158,260
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence na na na na na na 7,843 13,076 13,436 19,556
National Defense Research Institute 42,265 51,652 46,330 53,832 59,460 62,073 56,736 62,848 69,013 57,743
National Optical Astronomy Observatory 56,972 45,596 36,165 36,321 30,021 25,161 23,660 24,917 25,906 33,874
National Radio Astronomy Observatory 151,396 137,607 81,305 79,168 93,253 85,327 89,689 90,411 91,720 100,691
National Renewable Energy Laboratory 273,640 326,652 386,539 398,873 347,368 359,998 378,436 362,087 357,916 388,500
National Security Engineering Center 939,312 925,027 941,187 946,737 928,614 885,382 919,441 966,542 1,012,155 1,078,610
National Solar Observatory na 11,549 11,724 10,236 10,648 10,039 11,752 12,783 11,841 14,733
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1,259,259 1,538,412 1,558,073 1,553,460 1,451,684 1,293,722 1,333,332 1,283,729 1,403,204 1,399,445
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 1,064,230 1,116,648 1,095,923 1,033,768 934,491 1,021,912 951,099 914,747 983,962 956,193
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory 81,113 83,932 84,863 81,389 85,088 97,768 81,348 82,246 81,444 82,435
Project Air Force 45,162 43,957 44,171 41,031 36,003 39,351 44,393 49,165 48,521 48,858
Sandia National Laboratories 2,043,509 2,157,022 2,277,166 2,293,307 2,412,476 2,507,099 2,621,891 2,781,547 2,878,000 3,009,105
Savannah River National Laboratory 130,292 127,160 134,530 132,357 115,857 121,013 121,675 125,881 141,477 154,281
Science and Technology Policy Institute 5,100 6,000 8,700 7,547 5,010 10,949 8,724 7,459 8,401 8,086
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 294,421 354,393 327,716 329,747 327,005 316,646 310,167 313,031 327,453 341,615
Software Engineering Institute 89,077 99,334 107,837 113,371 134,973 123,217 131,146 145,981 132,967 142,891
Systems and Analyses Center 166,000 156,000 156,200 149,150 142,977 145,211 157,645 169,580 163,125 168,034
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 88,834 90,456 90,456 94,167 100,031 105,868 128,036 120,009 107,320 118,631
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.
b Prior to FY 2014, the Aerospace Corporation reported only internal R&D projects. After discussion with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, the Aerospace Corporation agreed to report all R&D expenditures for FY 2014 and provide revised data to include all R&D expenditures for FYs 2010–13.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey.