Federally Funded Research Centers: Agency Reviews of Employee Compensation and Center Performance
GAO (2014) Federally Funded Research Centers: Agency Reviews of Employee Compensation and Center Performance, Report No. GAO-14-593, Aug 2014
The 30 federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC) sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), and National Science Foundation (NSF) received nearly $84 billion in total funding for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. Of these 30 centers, the 16 sponsored by DOE received about 79 percent of this funding according to GAO's analysis of sponsoring agencies' responses to a GAO survey on FFRDC funding and compensation. During this time, DOE obligated about 34 percent of its budget to the FFRDCs it sponsored, and DOD and NSF devoted less than 1 percent and 4 percent of their budgets, respectively. FFRDCs sponsored by these agencies received approximately $15 billion of their total funding from sources other than the sponsoring agency—specifically other federal agencies, nonfederal entities such as state or local governments, and private entities.
Publication type:
project report
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2014
Publication URL:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/670/665284.pdf
Institute:
Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
Country:
United States of America
Project:
Federally Funded Research Centers: Agency Reviews of Employee Compensation and Center Performance (STAA)

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