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Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research: Filling the Knowledge Gaps

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Director's Message

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is pleased to ask for your comments on the Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research and Guidance: Filling the Knowledge Gaps. This plan updates the September 2005 strategic plan using knowledge gained from results of ongoing research as described in the 2007 report Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace: A Report from the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center. The NIOSH nanotechnology research program is a cross sector program that supports the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA). Nanotechnology provides many opportunities and challenges for all of us in occupational safety and health. The Strategic Plan for the nanotechnology program is the roadmap we are using to advance knowledge about the implications and applications of nanomaterials.

I welcome your review and your comments on our plan. Please e-mail your comments to nioshdocket@cdc.gov. Please reference docket number NIOSH-134 when providing comments. I also invite you to partner with NIOSH in generating new knowledge about this vitally important twenty-first century technology and in translating that knowledge into occupational safety and health practice.

	Thank you.

	John Howard, M.D. Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Contents

Director’s Message
Executive Summary

Introduction

Inputs

Activities

Goals

Outputs

Research to Practice

Capacity Building Through Technical Assistance

Intermediate Customers and Intermediate Outcomes

Outcomes

Appendix A. Timeline for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research
Appendix B. NIOSH Position Statement On Nanotechnology —Advancing Research On Occupational Health Implications and Applications
Appendix C. Intramural Nanotechnology Research Projects
Appendix D.NIOSH Extramural Research Nanotechnology Portfolio Summary FY 2001-2008
Appendix E. Research Partnerships and Collaborations
Appendix F. NNI Prioritization of Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials
Appendix G. Summary of Capabilities and Gaps for Nanotechnology Measurement Methods at NIOSH

Figure 1. NIOSH overall logic model
Figure 2. NIOSH operational model.

Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research:
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