List of federally funded research and development centers

Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) conduct research for the United States Government. They are administered in accordance with U.S Code of Federal Regulations, Title 48, Part 35, Section 35.017 by universities and corporations.

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List of FFRDCs

There are 39 recognized FFRDC that are sponsored by the U.S. government.[1] They are as follows:

Facility Administrator Location Sponsor
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center The Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, CA Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
Ames Laboratory Iowa State University of Science and Technology Ames, IA Department of Energy
Argonne National Laboratory UChicago Argonne, LLC Downers Grove Township, IL Department of Energy
[[Arroyo Center] RAND Corporation Santa Monica, CA Department of Defense, Department of the Army
Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC Upton, NY Department of Energy
National Security Engineering Center MITRE Bedford, MA, and McLean, VA Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development MITRE McLean, VA Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Center for Enterprise Modernization MITRE McLean, VA Department of the Treasury, Department of Veterans Affairs, Internal Revenue Service
Center for Naval Analyses The CNA Corporation Alexandria, VA Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Centers for Communications and Computing Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria, VA Department of Defense, National Security Agency
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Fermi Research Alliance, LLC Batavia, IL Department of Energy
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute Analytic Services, Inc. Arlington, VA Department of Homeland Security, Under Secretary for Science and Technology
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute MITRE McLean, VA Department of Homeland Security, Under Secretary for Science and Technology
Idaho National Laboratory Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC Idaho Falls, ID Department of Energy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California Berkeley, CA Department of Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC Livermore, CA Department of Energy
Lincoln Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lexington, MA Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Security, LLC Los Alamos, NM Department of Energy
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center SRI International Arecibo, PR National Science Foundation
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center Battelle National Biodefense Institute Frederick, MD Department of Homeland Security, Under Secretary for Science and Technology
National Cancer Institute at Frederick SAIC-Frederick Inc., a subsidiary of the Science Applications International Corp. Frederick, MD Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Center for Atmospheric Research University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO National Science Foundation
National Defense Research Institute RAND Corporation Santa Monica, CA Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense
National Optical Astronomy Observatories Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. Tucson, AZ National Science Foundation
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Associated Universities, Inc. Charlottesville, VA National Science Foundation
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC Golden, CO Department of Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory UT-Battelle, LLC Oak Ridge, TN Department of Energy
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Battelle Memorial Institute Richland, WA Department of Energy
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton University Princeton, NJ Department of Energy
Project Air Force RAND Corporation Santa Monica, CA Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Stanford University Stanford, CA Department of Energy
Sandia National Laboratories Sandia Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Albuquerque, NM Department of Energy
Savannah River National Laboratory Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Aiken, SC Department of Energy
Science and Technology Policy Institute Institute for Defense Analyses Washington, DC National Science Foundation
Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Department of Defense, Department of the Army
Studies and Analyses Center Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria, VA Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Science Associates, LLC Newport News, VA Department of Energy

See also

References

  1. ^ National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (April 2010). "Federally Funded R&D Centers Master Government List". Statistics. Arlington, Virginia: National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdclist/start.cfm. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 

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