In corrections made for FY 2013, LANL reported that $1,554 million (91%) of its total research expenditures was for applied research. LANL also incorrectly was reporting that all expenditures were for basic research. Corrections made for the FY 2013 survey cycle lowered the laboratory’s total expenditures by $349 million. NCSES discovered during the FY 2013 survey cycle that Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was reporting some expenditures that were not for R&D as defined by this survey.
After discussions with NCSES, these five FFRDCs agreed to report all FY 2011 operating expenditures for R&D and to revise their data for FYs 2008–10. Prior to the FY 2011 survey, the five FFRDCs administered by the MITRE Corporation had reported only internally funded R&D expenditures. The amount is estimated to be less than $500 million per year. However, previous years still include an unknown amount of capital expenditures in the total. Corrections made for the FY 2011 survey cycle lowered total expenditures by $468 million. NCSES discovered during the FY 2011 survey cycle that seven FFRDCs included capital project expenditures in the R&D totals reported on the survey.
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