Fiscal Year 2000
Revised April 10, 2000
The administrator of each FFRDC appears in parentheses
Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense [1]
Administered by universities and colleges [2]:
- Software Engineering Institute [3]:
(Carnegie Mellon University), Pittsburgh, PA
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Institute for Defense Analyses Studies and Analyses FFRDC
(Institute for Defense Analyses), Alexandria, VA
- National Defense Research Institute
(RAND Corp. [5]), Santa Monica, CA
- C3I Federally Funded Research & Development Center
(MITRE Corp. [6]), Bedford, MA and McLean, VA
National Security Agency
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Institute for Defense Analyses Communications and Computing Federally Funded Research and Development Center [7]
(Institute for Defense Analyses), Alexandria, VADepartment of the Navy
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Center for Naval Analyses
(The CNA Corporation), Alexandria, VADepartment of the Air Force
Administered by universities and colleges [2]:
- Lincoln Laboratory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Lexington, MAAdministered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center
(The Aerospace Corporation), El Segundo, CA- Project Air Force
(RAND Corp. [5]), Santa Monica, CADepartment of the Army [8]
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Arroyo Center
(RAND Corp. [5]), Santa Monica, CA
Department of Energy [9] 
Administered by industrial firms:
- Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
(Bechtel BWX Technologies Idaho, LLC), Idaho Falls, ID- Sandia National Laboratories
(Sandia Corporation which is a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp.), Albuquerque, NM- Savannah River Technology Center
(Westinghouse Savannah River Co.), Aiken, SCAdministered by universities and colleges [2]:
- Ames Laboratory
(Iowa State University of Science and Technology), Ames, IA- Argonne National Laboratory
(University of Chicago), Argonne, IL- Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(University of California), Berkeley, CA- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
(Universities Research Association, Inc.), Batavia, IL- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(University of California), Livermore, CA- Los Alamos National Laboratory
(University of California), Los Alamos, NM- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
(Princeton University), Princeton, NJ- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(Leland Stanford, Jr., University), Stanford, CA- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility [10]
(Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc.), Newport News, VAAdministered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory [11]
(Brookhaven Science Associates, Inc.), Upton, Long Island, NY- National Renewable Energy Laboratory [12]
(Midwest Research Institute), Golden, CO- Oak Ridge National Laboratory [13]
(UT-Battelle, LLC), Oak Ridge, TN- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(Battelle 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
(Science Applications International Corp.; Charles River Laboratories, Inc.; Data Management Services, Inc.), Frederick, MD
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Administered by universities and colleges [2]:
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(California Institute of Technology), Pasadena, CA
National Science Foundation
Administered by universities and colleges [2]:
- 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 [14]
(Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.), Tucson, AZ- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
(Associated Universities, Inc.), Green Bank, WVAdministered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- The Science and Technology Policy Institute [15]:
(RAND Corp. [5]), Washington, D.C.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
(Southwest Research Institute), San Antonio, TX
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
- Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
(MITRE Corp. [6]), McLean, VA
Department of Treasury [16]:
Internal Revenue Service
Administered by other nonprofit institutions [4]:
Footnotes
1. The Department of Defense decertified Logistics Management Institute of McLean, VA as an FFRDC effective Sept. 24, 1998.
2. Includes university consortia.
3. In June 1997 Office of the Secretary of Defense became the sponsor of the Software Engineering Institute. The previous sponsor was DARPA.
4. That is, other than universities and colleges.
5. The following portions of the RAND Corporation are FFRDCs: National Defense Research Institute (formerly Defense/Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), Project Air Force, the Arroyo Center and the Science and Technology Policy Institute (formerly Critical Technologies Institute). All other agency support to RAND is reported under "other nonprofit institutions excluding FFRDCs."
6. Only the C3I Federally Funded Research & Development Center, the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development, and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federally Funded Research and Development Center parts of the MITRE Corporation are FFRDCs. All other agency support to MITRE is reported under "other nonprofit institutions excluding FFRDCs."
7. Although the Institute for Defense Analyses Communications and Computing FFRDC has been in existence since 1956, the Department of Defense added it to the Master Government List of FFRDCs for the first time in October 1995.
8. The Department of the Army decertified the Institute for Advanced Technology (University of Texas), Austin, TX as an FFRDC in November 1993.
9. The Department of Energy decertified Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory as FFRDCs in October/November 1992. The Department of Energy removed from the Master Government List of FFRDCs (1) the Energy Technology Engineering Center in November 1995, (2) the Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute in May 1996, and (3) Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) February 22, 1999.
10. In May 1996 the name was changed from Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility.
11. March 1, 1998 Brookhaven National Laboratory acquired a new nonprofit administrator (Brookhaven Science Associates, Inc.). The previous administrator was a university consortium.
12. In September 1991 the name was changed from Solar Energy Research Institute.
13. April 1, 2000 Oak Ridge National Laboratory acquired a new nonprofit administrator (UT-Battelle, LLC.). The previous administrator was the industrial firm Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.
14. Since February 1984 this center includes three former FFRDCs: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Kitt Peak National Observatory and the National Solar Observatory (formerly Sacramento Peak Observatory).
15. October 1, 1998 the Critical Technologies Institute was renamed The Science and Technology Policy Institute.
16. In October 1998 the Tax Systems Modernization Institute (IIT Research Institute) Lanham, MD was replaced with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federally Funded Research and Development Center administered by the MITRE Corp. in McLean, VA.
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