Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Federally funded research and development center
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) conduct research for the federal government. They are administered by universities and corporations.
Well-known ones include:
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, administered by Caltech for NASA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, administered by the University of California for the DOE
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, administered by the University of California for the DOE
- Lincoln Laboratory, administered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the USAF
- Center for Naval Analyses
Many of the laboratories categorized by the DOE as a national laboratory are also FFRDCs.
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