Cambridge Electron Accelerator 

 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 

 E.O. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 

 E.O. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 

 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 

 Oak Ridge Associated Laboratory 

 Plasma Physics Laboratory 

 Stanford Linear Accelerator 



Department of Defense 



Applied Physics Laboratory 

 Applied Research Laboratory 

 Center for Naval Analyses 

 Lincoln Laboratory 



National Aeronautics and 

 Space Administration 



Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

 Space Radiation Effects 

 Laboratory 



National Science Foundation 



National Astronomy and 



Ionosphere Center 

 Cerro Tololo Inter-American 



Observatory 

 Kitt Peak National Observatory 

 National Center for 



Atmospheric Research 

 National Radio Astronomy 



Observatory 



In current dollars, expenditures by university- 

 managed FFRDC's for basic research were at 

 their highest level in 1973 and declined slightly 

 in 1974 (figure 3-14). In constant dollars, 

 however, basic research expenditures in 1974 

 were almost 25 percent less than those of the 

 1968 peak year and approximately equal to 

 expenditures in 1964. Data are not available on 

 expenditures for specific scientific fields, but it is 

 apparent from the above listing of the Centers, 

 and the Federal agencies involved, that the basic 

 research is predominantly in the physical 

 sciences and engineering. The proportion of all 

 R&D expenditures in FFRDC's reported as basic 

 research has remained at nearly 35 percent in the 

 last few years. 2^ 



Although some of the FFRDC's are permitted 

 to receive support from sources other than the 

 Federal Government, such funds amounted to 

 less than 1 percent of their total funding in 1974. 



2" See Appendix table 3-14. 



BASIC RESEARCH IN 

 INTRAMURAL FEDERAL LABORATORIES 



Several agencies of the Federal Government 

 operate their own R&D laboratories as part of 

 their effort to meet the research needs 

 associated with their agency mission and 

 program objectives. Intramural laboratories 

 were responsible for 16 percent of the total basic 

 research expenditures and 23 percent of all 

 federally supported basic research in 1974. 

 About 94 percent of all such research in 1974 

 was undertaken by the six agencies indicated in 

 figure 3-15. Examples of such laboratories are 

 the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, the 

 National Animal Disease Laboratory of USDA, 



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