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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Specific Examples of NNI Stakeholders." National Research Council. 2013. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18271.
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Specific Examples of NNI Stakeholders

The breadth of NNI stakeholders can be seen from the participants in the Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop held July 13-14, 2010. The goal of the NNI-sponsored workshop was “to obtain input from stakeholders, both those new to nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and those already familiar with these fields and with the NNI.…” The diversity of the workshop participants (Table C.1) is indicative of the many actors involved in translating research to technology development and commercial applications and in creating a highly capable workforce, as well as the impact of scientific research on U.S. society at large.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Specific Examples of NNI Stakeholders." National Research Council. 2013. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18271.
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TABLE C.1 NNI Stakeholders

NNI Stakeholder   Organization
Federal departments, agencies, laboratories, and offices   Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Labor; Consumer Product Safety Commission, FDA, EPA, OSHA, NIOSH, NIST, National Institutes of Health (NHGRI, NIEHS, NIMH, MIEHA, NCMRR), Defense Threat Reduction Agency, National Science Foundation, U.S. Forest Service, National Reconnaissance Office, International Trade Administration/Commerce, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research/Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal laboratories and centers (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Army Research Laboratory, NASA Glenn Research Center, USACE Engineer Research and Development Center, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NIH/FDA/NIST), FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Idaho National Laboratory), National Academy of Sciences, OSTP, NNCO
     
Congress   Representative Daniel Lipinski, Offices of Representative Lipinski, Senator Mark Pryor
     
Nonprofits   CNA
     
Labor   AFL-CIO
     
Policy centers   Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Children’s Environmental Health Network, International Federal Technology Watch, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Institute for Advanced Sciences Convergence, Intellegere Foundation
     
Universities   Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; University of California, Berkeley; Purdue University; Norwich University Applied Research Institute; Oklahoma State University; University of Virginia; University of Northeastern; University of Rochester; Pennsylvania State University; Arizona State University; Rice University; Harvard University; University of Southern California; California Institute of Technology
     
Research foundations   International Life Sciences Institute, Norwich Park Research Institutes (U.K.)
     
Nano institutes, networking and trade associations   Network for Computation Nanotechnology, NanoBusiness Alliance, NanoScience Exchange, Rushford Institute for Nanotechnology, Nano-Link Regional Center, Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative, NanoStar Institute, PA Bio Nano Systems, LLC
     
Traditional trade associations   American Chemistry Council, Association of Science-Technology Centers, AAAS, Council for Chemistry Research, American National Standards Institute, American Forest and Paper Association, Nano Association of Natural Resources and Energy Security, Council for Chemical Research
     
News organization   Inside Washington Publishers
     
Commercial   Pixelligent Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Evonik Degussa Corp., NanoTox, Applied Nanostructured Solutions, Luna Innovations Inc., Rushford NanoElectroChemistry Co., Eikos, Inc., Zyvex, Intel, System Planning Corp., General Dynamics AIST, Science Applications International Corporation, Notable Solutions, Inc., PSI, Inc., Semiconductor Research Corporation
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Specific Examples of NNI Stakeholders." National Research Council. 2013. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18271.
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NNI Stakeholder   Organization
Technology assessments   World Technology Evaluation Center, International Center for Technology Assessment
     
Law firms   Arnold & Porter, K&L Gates
     
Other   Federal Technology Watch

NOTE: This list of workshop participants shows the breadth of NNI stakeholders and not the total number of stakeholders. The workshop listed only the stakeholders attending in person an event that ran at full capacity. Those not able to attend in person, and therefore not on the list, could also access the event via a webcast, and stakeholder input could be provided in writing. For additional information, see National Nanotechnology Initiative, available at http://www.nano.gov/node/256, accessed January 9, 2013.

SOURCE: Information from the final report of the Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop, July 13-14, 2010.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Specific Examples of NNI Stakeholders." National Research Council. 2013. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18271.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Specific Examples of NNI Stakeholders." National Research Council. 2013. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18271.
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The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a multiagency, multidisciplinary federal initiative comprising a collection of research programs and other activities funded by the participating agencies and linked by the vision of "a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to a revolution in technology and industry that benefits society." As first stated in the 2004 NNI strategic plan, the participating agencies intend to make progress in realizing that vision by working toward four goals. Planning, coordination, and management of the NNI are carried out by the interagency Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Technology (CoT) with support from the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO).

Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative is the latest National Research Council review of the NNI, an assessment called for by the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003. The overall objective of the review is to make recommendations to the NSET Subcommittee and the NNCO that will improve the NNI's value for basic and applied research and for development of applications in nanotechnology that will provide economic, societal, and national security benefits to the United States. In its assessment, the committee found it important to understand in some detail—and to describe in its report—the NNI's structure and organization; how the NNI fits within the larger federal research enterprise, as well as how it can and should be organized for management purposes; and the initiative's various stakeholders and their roles with respect to research. Because technology transfer, one of the four NNI goals, is dependent on management and coordination, the committee chose to address the topic of technology transfer last, following its discussion of definitions of success and metrics for assessing progress toward achieving the four goals and management and coordination. Addressing its tasks in this order would, the committee hoped, better reflect the logic of its approach to review of the NNI. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative also provides concluding remarks in the last chapter.

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