Updated Data from NSF: Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers
The recently updated master list of federally funded R&D centers (FFRDC) is published by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is available as a hypertext document as well as a downloadable XLS file.
This resource is organized into the following sections:
- FFRDC
- Sponsoring agency
- Administrator type
- Location
- Activity type
- General Notes
- Historical Notes
- Prior Lists
Changes from the previous edition are noted below; decertified, closed, or renamed FFRDCs are listed in “Historical Notes.”

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