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A highly significant impact of the NNI has been the focused investment by NNI-participating agencies in the establishment and development of multidisciplinary research and education centers devoted to nanoscience and nanotechnology. NNI agencies have developed an extensive infrastructure of nearly 100 major interdisciplinary research and education centers and user facilities across the United States.
NNI Research and Development (R&D) Centers and Networks
Government funds for nanotechnology research have created some of the most sophisticated nanoscience laboratories in the world. In addition to providing the facilities, the NNI also has created programs to attract researchers across an array of disciplines to facilitate discoveries.
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:
Department of Defense
Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense
University of California-Riverside
Institute for Nanoscience
Naval Research Laboratory
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Nanotechnology Research Center, Robert A. Taft Lab
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), also listed under Nano.gov's User Facilities.
National Science Foundation with the Environmental Protection Agency
Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT) at Duke University
University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN) at University of California – Los Angeles and University of California – Santa Barbara
National Science Foundation
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSECs)Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UC Santa Barbara Nanosystems Engineering Research CentersAdvanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technology Nanomanufacturing Systems for Mobile Computing and Mobile Energy Technologies Smart Lighting Structured Organic Composites Synthetic Biology Transformational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems Science and Technology CentersCenter for Biophotonics Science and Technology Center for Embedded Networked Sensing Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science Center for Integrated Quantum Materials Center on Materials and Devices for Info. Technology Research Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering NetworksNanoscale Informal Science Education Network National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) Network for Computational Nanotechnology Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs)Brandeis University Columbia University MRSEC Center for Nanostructured Materials, Columbia Center for Integrated Science and Engineering Cornell University Duke University - NC State University - UNC Chapel Hill - NCCU Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MRSECs (continued)New York University Northwestern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Princeton University University of California at Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Nebraska University of Pennsylvania University of Utah University of Wisconsin-Madison Yale University
Centers for Chemical InnovationCenter for Molecular Interfacing (phase I) Center for Molecular Spintronics (phase I) Center for Molecular Tools for Conjugated Polymer Analysis and Optimization (phase I) Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials (phase I) Center for Quantum Info & Chemistry (phase I) Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (phase I) |
USDA's Forest ServiceUSDA/FS Cellulose Nanomaterials Pilot FacilitiesForest Service Forest Products Laboratory (Wisconsin)
Nanomanufacturing CentersVisit manufacturing.gov for a list of the Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, many of which have significant intersections with nanotechnology. Manufacturing.gov is a national advanced manufacturing portal, highlighting the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. It is an interagency website maintained by the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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