NNI Centers, Networks and Facilities
Centers and Networks of Excellence
Centers and networks provide opportunities and support for multidisciplinary research among investigators from a variety of disciplines and from different research sectors, including academia, industry and government laboratories. Such multidisciplinary research not only leads to advances in knowledge, but also fosters relationships that enhance the transition of basic research results to devices and other applications. The multidisciplinary centers are listed below, organized by funding agency.
National Science Foundation
Engineering Research Center
Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology
University of Colorado—Boulder
Science and Technology Center
Nanobiotechnology Center
Cornell University
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers
Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
University of Massachusetts—Amherst
Center for Nanoscale Systems (NSEC)
Cornell University
Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications (NSEC)
Harvard University
Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology
Rice University
Center for Integrated Nanopatterning and Detection (NSEC)
Northwestern University
Center for Electronic Transport in Molecular Nanostructures (NSEC)
Columbia University
Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures (NSEC)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing (NSEC)
University of California—Los Angeles
Center for Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (NSEC)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Center on Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale
University of Wisconsin
Center for Probing the Nanoscale
Stanford University
Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymeric Biomedical Devices
Ohio State University
Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems
University of California—Berkeley
Nano-Bio Interface Center
University of Pennsylvania
Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing
Northeastern University
Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers
These four MRSECs are fully dedicated to nanotechnology research:
Center for Nanoscale Science (MRSEC)
Pennsylvania State University
Center for Quantum and Spin Phenomena in Nanomagnetic Structures (MRSEC)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Center for Research on Interface Structure and Phenomena (MRSEC)
Yale University
Genetically Engineered Materials (MRSEC)
University of Washington
In addition, many other MRSECs have one or more interdisciplinary research group(s) focused on nanoscale science and engineering topics:
Center for Advanced Materials Research (MRSEC)
Brown University
Center for the Science & Engineering of Materials
California Institute of Technology
Center for Nanostructured Materials (MRSEC)
Columbia University
Center for Materials Research (MRSEC)
Cornell University
Center for Materials Science and Engineering (MRSEC)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Sensor Materials (MRSEC)
Michigan State University
Materials Research Science (MRSEC)
Northwestern University
Princeton Center for Complex Materials (MRSEC)
Princeton University
Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (MRSEC)
Stanford University
Center for Materials for Information Technology (MRSEC)
University of Alabama
Center for Materials for Information Technology (MRSEC)Materials Research Laboratory
University of California, Santa Barbara
Center for Materials for Information Technology (MRSEC)Chicago Materials Research Center
University of Chicago
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
University of Maryland
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers (MRSEC)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
University of Minnesota
Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures (MRSEC)
University of Oklahoma
The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (MRSEC)
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design (MRSEC)
University of Virginia
NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Networks
Network for Computational Nanotechnology
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Oklahoma Network for Nanostructured Materials
Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
Network for Nanotechnology in Society
Arizona State University
University of California-Santa Barbara
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
University of New Mexico
Centers for Learning and Teaching
National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering
Department of Energy
Nanoscale Science Research Centers
Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Laboratory
Molecular Foundry
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Nanophase Materials Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department of Defense
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense
University of California-Santa Barbara, Riverside and Los Angeles
Institute for Nanoscience
Naval Research Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
University Research, Engineering, and Technology Institutes
Institute for Intelligent Bio-Nanomaterials & Structures for Aerospace Vehicles
Texas A&M University
Biologically Inspired Materials Institute (BIMat)
Princeton University
Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing
Purdue University
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Nanotechnology Research Center
Robert A. Taft Lab
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
NIST Gaithersburg
National Institutes of Health
Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
NCI-Frederick
NHLBI Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology
Integrated Nanosystems for Diagnosis and Therapy
Washington University
Nanotechnology: Detection & Analysis of Plaque Formation
Emory University
Georgia Tech
Nanotherapy for Vulnerable Plaque
Burnham Institute
Translational Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nanomedicine Development Centers
Center for the Optical Control of Biological Functions
University of California—Berkeley
Center for Cell Control
University of California—Los Angeles
Phi2 DNA-Packing Motor for Nanomedicine
Purdue University
Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein Machines
Georgia Institute of Technology
National Center for Design of Biomimetic Nanconductors
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Center for Protein Folding Machinery
Baylor University
Nanomedicine Center for Mechanical Biology
Columbia University
Engineering Cellular Control:Synthetic Signaling and Motility Systems
University of California—San Francisco
Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
The Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Washington University
Center of Nanotechnology for Treatment, Understanding, and Monitoring of Cancer (NANO-TUMOR)
University of California, San Diego
Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
University of North Carolina
Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response
Stanford University
MIT-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanotechnology Center for Personalized and Predictive Oncology
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
Northwestern University
Nanosystems Biology Cancer Center
California Institute of Technology