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
Institute for Nanoscience
Naval Research Laboratory
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. Army, and Industry
National Institutes of Health |
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Nanotechnology for Cancer Research Johns Hopkins University Northwestern University
Stanford University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Nanotechnology Research Center
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)
Duke University
Carnegie Mellon University
Howard University
Virginia Tech
Stanford University
University of Kentucky
Baylor University
University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)
University of California – Los Angeles
University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)
University of California – Santa Barbara
