New Survey Shows R&D Performance Within Federal Facilities Totaled $34.5 Billion in FY 2022

Detailed tables showing these data by reporting facility are available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/federal-facilities-research-development/.

The survey was conducted in the fall of 2023 as a census of the population of federally owned and operated facilities in the United States that performed R&D in FY 2022.^​ The overall response rate was 94%. Imputation was performed to account for nonresponding facilities. The survey collected information on R&D expenditures by type of R&D, source of funding, and R&D field; R&D funding provided to others; and counts of R&D personnel. Due to low item response rates for the questions on funding to others and R&D personnel counts, limited data are available. Data on R&D funding to others are not included in the data tables for this cycle. R&D personnel counts (data tables: table 6 and table 7) are displayed only for the facilities that provided these data; no imputed or aggregate estimates are provided for FY 2022.

A facility is defined as a unit within the agency that is responsible for performing R&D, generally with its own distinct budget and leadership. Because each agency has a different organizational structure, this unit of measurement may be a division, branch, center, lab, or other entity, and units may span multiple locations. Because of this, the total number of reporting units for the FY 2022 FFRD Survey is 319, which represents the 470 research-performing federal facilities.

The fiscal year referred to throughout this report is the federal fiscal year (2021 October 1 to 2022 September 30).

Data tables and detailed technical information are available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/federal-facilities-research-development/. For more information, please contact the Survey Manager.

NCSES has reviewed this product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved its release (NCSES-DRN24-064).