Federally Funded R&D Centers Report 13% Increase in R&D Spending in FY 2023

FFRDCs spent $6.6 billion more on R&D in FY 2023 than in FY 2019 (table 4). The majority of FFRDCs (37 centers) increased R&D spending in FY 2023 compared with FY 2022; 5 FFRDCs reported lower R&D totals in FY 2023. Eleven FFRDCs reported more than $1 billion each (a combined $22.6 billion) in R&D expenditures for FY 2023-the NASA-sponsored Jet Propulsion Laboratory; seven DOE-sponsored national laboratories specializing in energy and the environment, national security, and nuclear science (Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories); the DOD-sponsored National Security Engineering Center, Lincoln Laboratory, and Aerospace FFRDC.^​ Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory were the two largest performers with $4.3 billion and $3.8 billion in total R&D, respectively. Between FY 2022 and FY 2023, three FFRDCs each increased their R&D expenditures by more than $400 million: Los Alamos ($473.8 million), Sandia ($464.0 million), and Lawrence Livermore ($451.1 million). Three other FFRDCs reported R&D expenditure increases greater than $200 million: Argonne National Laboratory ($271.7 million), Jet Propulsion Laboratory ($253.7 million), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory ($215.7 million).