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2: Critical Areas for a Successful National Nanotechnology Initiative
Pages 4-10

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... The agencies participating in NNI have certain data on the initiative's performance, such as the number of research proposals received, the percentage of proposals worthy of funding, and the relative proportions of individual investigators anal multidisciplinary research teams. Such information is valuable for measuring the need for AN!
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... J 1- - 1 =7 ~ ~ ~ ~ foreign nanotechnology funding levels and portfolios, as well as other countries' efforts to educate future scientists and engineers for nanoscale work. The ~ 999 report Nanostructure Science and Technology: A Worldwide Study6 provided a baseline understanding of international efforts before the announcement of the NN!
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... Furthermore, nanotechnology is expected to have some of its initial impacts on biotechnology and medicine. However, the integration of biology with physics, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering presents a significant challenge despite the many important successes that have been demonstrated at these interfaces, and the committee believes particular attention to such integration may be required.
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... Many agency representatives who addressed the committee indicated that the United States must accelerate its training of scientists and engineers, particularly at the interfaces between traditional fields, to meet future personnel demands. The committee wishes to gather farther data on the eclucational aspects of the NNI for its final report.
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