Office of the Secretary of Defense
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA
Logistics Management Institute, McLean, VA (2)
National Defense Research Institute (RAND Corp. (3)), Santa
Monica, CA
C31 Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE
Corp. (4)), Bedford, MA and McLean, VA
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, VA
Administered by universities and colleges (5)
Lincoln Laboratory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),
Lexington, MA
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Project Air Force (RAND Corp. (3)), Santa Monica, CA
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Arroyo Center (RAND Corp. (3)), Santa Monica, CA
Administered by industrial firms
Energy Technology Engineering Center (Rockwell International
Corp.), Canoga Park, CA
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (Lockheed Idaho
Technologies, Inc.), Idaho Falls, ID
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Martin Marietta Energy
Systems, Inc.), Oak Ridge, TN
Sandia National Laboratory (Sandia Corporation which is a
subsidiary of Martin Marietta, Inc.), Albuquerque, NM
Savannah River Laboratory (Westinghouse Electric Corp.),
Aiken, SC
Administered by universities and colleges (5)
Ames Laboratory
(Iowa State University of Science and
Technology), Ames, IA
Argonne National Laboratory
(University of Chicago),
Argonne, IL
Brookhaven National Laboratory (Associated Universities,
Inc.), Upton, Long Island, NY
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (Southeastern
Universities Research Association), Newport News, VA
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Universities Research
Association, Inc.), Batavia, IL
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California),
Berkeley, CA
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (University of
California), Livermore, CA
Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory (University of
California), Los Alamos, NM
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (Oak Ridge
Associated Universities, Inc.), Oak Ridge, TN
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Princeton University),
Princeton, NJ
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Leland Stanford, Jr.
University), Stanford, CA
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute (Lovelace
Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute),
Albuquerque, NM
National Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (Midwest
Research Institute (8)), Golden, CO
Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Batelle Memorial Institute),
Richland, WA
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Administered by industrial firms
NCI Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
(Program Resources, Inc.
Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc.
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Data Management Services, Inc., Frederick, MD
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Administered by universities and colleges (5)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of
Technology), Pasadena, CA
Administered by universities and colleges (5)
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Cornell
University), Arecibo, PR
National Center for Atmospheric Research (University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research), Boulder, CO
National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Association of
Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (9)),
Tucson, AZ
National Radio Astronomy Observatories (Associated
Universities, Inc.), Green Bank, WV
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Critical Technologies Institute (RAND Corp. (3)), Washington,
DC
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (Southwest
Research Institute), San Antonio, TX
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE
Corp. (4)), McLean, VA
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Administered by other nonprofit institutions (1)
Tax Systems Modernization Institute (IIT Research
Institute), Lanham, MD
(1)That is, other than universities and colleges.
(2)Logistics Management Institute moved from Bethesda, MD to
McLean, VA in May 1994.
(3)The following portions of the RAND Corporation are FFRDCs:
Project Air Force, National Defense Research Institute (formerly
Defense/Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), the Arroyo Center
and the Critical Technologies Institute. All other agency
support to RAND is reported under "other nonprofit institutions
excluding FFRDCs."
(4)Only the C31 Federally Funded Research and Development Center
and the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development parts of
The MITRE Corporation are FFRDCs. All other agency support to
MITRE is reported under "other nonprofit institutions excluding
FFRDCs."
(5)Includes university consortia.
(6)The Department of the Army decertified the Institute for
Advanced Technology (University of Texas), Austin, TX as an FFRDC
in November 1993.
(7)The Department of Energy decertified Bettis Atomic Power
Laboratory, Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, and
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory as FFRDCs in October/November
1992.
(8)In September 1991 the name was changed from Solar Energy
Research Institute.
(9)Since February 1984 this center includes three former FFRDCs:
Serro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Kitt Peak National
Observatory and the National Solar Observatory (formerly
Sacramento Peak Observatory).
For further information contact Mary V. Burke, Science Resources
Studies Division, Science and Engineering Activities Program,
National Science Foundation, (703) 306-1772. 10/18/94
See also: Active U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Facilities