Historical Notes

Decertifications, closures and renaming, and other associated notes

• by FFRDC
• by Sponsoring agency

by FFRDC

• Analytic Services, Inc.
  Administrator:ANSER
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in FY 1977.
• Appalachia Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Applied Physics Laboratory
  Administrator:Johns Hopkins University
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in FY 1978.
• Applied Research Laboratory
  Administrator:Pennsylvania State University
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in FY 1978.
• Army Mathematics Research Center
  Administrator:University of Wisconsin
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Army
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1970.
• Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
  Administrator:National Academy of Sciences
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Phased out as FFRDC in April 1975.
• Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
  Administrator:Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in Oct. 1992.
• Cambridge Electron Accelerator
  Administrator:Harvard University and MIT
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Closed down in 1974.
• Center for Educational Policy Research
  Administrator:Stanford Research Institute
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Center for Research and Development for Learning and Re-Education
  Administrator:University of Wisconsin
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Center for Research and Development in Higher Education
  Administrator:University of California
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Center for Research in Social Systems
  Administrator:American University
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Army
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1970.
• Center for Urban Education
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration
  Administrator:University of Oregon
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Center for the Study of Social Organization of Schools and the Learning Process
  Administrator:Johns Hopkins University
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Center for the Study of the Evaluation of Instructional Programs
  Administrator:University of California
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Central Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1969.
• Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
  Sponsor:National Science Foundation
  Became part of National Optical Astronomy Observatories in 1984.
• Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
  Administrator:Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Renamed Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in May 1996.
• Cooperative Educational Research Laboratory, Inc.
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1969.
• Coordination Center for the National Program in Early Childhood Education
  Administrator:University of Illinois
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Critical Technologies Institute
  Sponsor:National Science Foundation
  Renamed The Science and Technology Policy Institute October 1, 1998.
• Eastern Regional Institute for Education
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Educational Development Center, Inc.
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center
  Administrator:Illinois Institute of Technology, Research Institute, (IITRI)
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in FY 1972.
• Energy Technology Engineering Center
  Administrator:Rockwell International Corp.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Closed out in Nov. 1995.
• Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory
  Administrator:Westinghouse Hanford Co.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in Oct. 1992. Hanford included the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor program beginning in Dec. 1971.
• Holifield National Laboratory
  Administrator:Union Carbide Corp.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Renamed Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1976.
• Homeland Security Institute
  Administrator:Analytic Services, Inc.
  Sponsor:Department of Homeland Security, Under Secretary for Science & Technology
  The Homeland Security Institute (HSI) was operational from April 26, 2004 to April 25, 2009. On March 5, 2009 the HSI was replaced by two new FFRDCs: the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute and the Homeland Security Systems Engineering Development Institute.
• Hudson Laboratories
  Administrator:Columbia University
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1969.
• Human Resources Research Office/Organization
  Administrator:George Washington University
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Army
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
  Administrator:Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  On February 1, 2005, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory was renamed the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Also, INL's administrator, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC, was renamed Bechtel Energy Alliance, LLC.
  
  Renamed Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Spring 1997. As of Oct. 1, 1999 Lockheed Martin was replaced by Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC, as INEEL's administrator.
• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Renamed Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on February 1, 2005. Also, INL's administrator, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC, was renamed Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC.
• Inhalation Technology Research Institute
  Administrator:Lovelace Institutes
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in May 1996.
• Institute for Advanced Technologies
  Administrator:University of Texas
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Army
  Phased out as FFRDC Nov. 1993.
• Institute for Defense Analyses Communications and Computing
  Administrator:Institute for Defense Analyses
  Location:Alexandria, VA
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, National Security Agency
  Although the Institute for Defense Analyses Communications and Computing 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.
• Institute for Defense Analyses Studies and Analyses
  Administrator:Institute for Defense Analyses
  Location:Alexandria, VA
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  In FY 1995 its name was designated to avoid confusion between the two Institute for Defense Analyses FFRDCs.
• Kitt Peak National Observatory
  Sponsor:National Science Foundation
  Became part of National Optical Astronomy Observatories in 1984.
• Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
  Administrator:General Electric Co.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in Oct. 1992.
• Learning Research and Development Center
  Administrator:University of Pittsburgh
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Liquid Metal Engineering Center
  Administrator:Rockwell International Corp.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Became Energy Technology Engineering Center in FY 1980.
• Logistics Management Institute
  Administrator:Logistics Management Institute
  Location:McLean, VA
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  Decertified as FFRDC Sept. 24, 1998.
• Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1969.
• Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Mound Laboratory
  Administrator:Monsanto Chemical Co.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in FY 1982.
• NCI Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
  Administrator:Science Applications International Corp.; Charles River Laboratories, Inc.; Data Management Services, Inc.; Wilson Information Services, Inc.
  Sponsor:Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
  Renamed National Cancer Institute at Frederick in 2000.
• National Accelerator Laboratory
  Administrator:Universities Research Association, Inc.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Renamed Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory May 11, 1974.
• National Laboratory for Higher Education
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• National Reactor Testing Station
  Administrator:Aerojet Nuclear Corp.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Renamed Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in 1974.
• National Solar Observatory/Sacramento Peak Observatory
  Sponsor:National Science Foundation
  Became part of National Optical Astronomy Observatories in 1984.
• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
  Administrator:Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc.
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in Feb. 1999.
• Ordnance Research Laboratory
  Administrator:Pennsylvania State University
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
  Renamed Applied Research Laboratory in 1973.
• Policy Research Center
  Administrator:Syracuse University Research Corporation
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Princeton-Pennsylvania Proton Accelerator
  Administrator:Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1971.
• Regional Educational Laboratory for the Carolinas and Virginia
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Renamed National Laboratory for Higher Education in FY 1971.
• Research Analysis Corporation
  Administrator:RAC
  Sponsor:Department of Defense, Department of the Army
  Phased out as FFRDC Sept. 1, 1972.
• Research and Development Center in Educational Stimulation
  Administrator:University of Georgia
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Research and Development Center in Teacher Education
  Administrator:University of Texas
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Research for Better Schools, Inc.
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Rocky Mountain Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1969.
• Solar Energy Research Institute
  Administrator:Midwest Research Institute
  Sponsor:Department of Energy/Atomic Energy Commission
  Renamed National Renewable Energy Laboratory in September 1991.
• South Central Regional Educational Laboratory Corporation
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1969.
• Southeastern Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Space Radiation Effects Laboratory
  Administrator:College of William and Mary
  Sponsor:National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Removed from the Master Government List of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in FY 1979.
• Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching
  Administrator:Stanford University
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Tax Systems Modernization Institute
  Administrator:IIT Research Institute
  Sponsor:Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
  Replaced by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE Corp.) McLean, VA in October 1998.
• The Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development.
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.
• Upper Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Inc.
  Administrator:National Institute of Education
  Sponsor:Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Education
  Phased out as FFRDC at end of FY 1972.