Sandia Labs FY21 LDRD Annual Report

FY21 ANNUAL REPORT

LDRD PROGRAM VALUE Performance Indicators

While the FY2021 LDRD program represented only about 5.2% of Sandia’s total costs, the metrics shown below highlight how LDRD has a much greater relative impact on key performance indicators (KPI) and metrics for the Labs. The bar graph illustrates the large percentage of early career staff, postdocs, and students engaged in the LDRD program compared to the overall eligible population, thus validating LDRD’s important role in attracting, developing, and retaining a world-class workforce to meet our most challenging national security needs.

FY 2021 LDRD Program Statistics $202.3M Total Program Cost

$389K Median Project Size

493 Total LDRD Projects

245 New Projects in FY20

(not including PM costs)

Postdocs 196

LDRD-Supported

46% of Sandia total 52% of Sandia total

Who Works on LDRD Projects?

100 150 200 250 300 350 400

10 - 25% 25 - 50% > 50%

LDRD-Supported Postdoc to Staff

Conversions 32

Refereed Publications 366 26% of Technical Advances 123 40% of

Sandia total

Sandia total 53% of Sandia total 21% of Sandia total 56% of Sandia total

0 50

Patents Issued 63 Copyrights 35 R&D 100 Awards 5

0 to 5 years 5 to 10 years 10 to 15 years 15 to 19 years >20 years

Number of Years as a Sandia Employee

Distinct Count of Regular Employees

. . . validating LDRD’s important role in attracting, developing, and retaining a world-class workforce to meet our most challenging national security needs.

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LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT