National
Science Board Approves Award for Infrastructure Network
Arlington,
VA- The National Science Board, the 24-member policy advisory
body of the National Science Foundation (NSF), has authorized the
Foundation to fund a National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
(NNIN): 13 university sites that will form an integrated, nationwide
system of user facilities to support research and education in nanoscale
science, engineering and technology.
Led by Cornell University, the NNIN began operation in January 2004
for a five-year period and see investment of at least $70 million
under NSF's nanoscale science and engineering priority area.
Read more.
Government
funds for nanotechnology research have created some of the most
sophisticated nanoscience laboratories in the world. In addition
to providing the facilities, the National Nanotechnology Initiative
also has created programs to attract researchers across an array
of disciplines and to facilitate discoveries.
The Centers and Networks of Excellence
encourage multidisciplinary research that will contribute to innovative
approaches to new technology. Fifteen new multidisciplinary centers
have been initiated throughout the country to date and more are
planned.
At
R&D User Centers and Facilities, researchers in academia,
government, and industry can access laboratories for their own investigations.
Many research universities are building their own nanotechnology
research centers, some with funding from their state and/or the
NNI. See Other Centers for some
of these facilities.
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