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Budgets, Statistics and Organization Chart

Type of funding Budget ($ millions) Expenditure ($ millions)
Operating 263 259
Capital equipment 32 30
Construction/Plant 21 28
Totals 316 317

Budget: Money appropriated by Congress in the current fiscal year.
Expenditures: Costs of the current fiscal year, which can draw in prior year appropriated funds.
Operating: Annual day-to-day expenses.
Capital equipment: Investment in experiments.
Construction/Plant: Building improvements or large new experiments and accelerators.

There are approximately 1995 people working at Fermilab, including Cooperative students.
Fermilab has also almost 2300 users. A user is a researcher from an outside institution who uses Fermilab to carry out research in particle physics or related disciplines.

Organization Chart


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