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Federally Funded R&D Centers

Historical Notes
Decertifications, closures and renaming, and other associated notes
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.
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