Small Wonders, Endless Frontiers A Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (2002) / Chapter Skim
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2. The National Nanotechnology Initiative
2. The National Nanotechnology Initiative
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Two relevant background publications were produced by the group between July and September 1999: Nanostructure Science and Technology: A Worldwide Stud~y,2 a report based on the findings of an expert panel that visited nanoscale science and technology laboratories around the world; and Nanotechnology Research Directions, 3 a workshop report with input from academic, private sector, and government participants. These documents laid the groundwork and provided the justification for ~M.C.
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NNI coordination should result from NSET activities, direct interactions among program officers from the participating agencies, periodic management meetings and program reviews, and joint scientific and INNS: Leading to the Next Industrial Revolution. The Initiative and Its Implementation Plan, NSTC, July 2000, pp.
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The FY 2002 Department of Veterans Affairs subcomm~ttee appropriations bill (which contains annual appropriations for the NSF, NASA, EPA, and other federal agencies) noted the Senate Appropriations Committee's strong support for "the interagency nanoscience and technology initiative." The report's language requests that OSTP and the NSET update the FY 2001 NNI Implementation Plan as a supplemental report to the President's FY 2003 budget request.
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, in cleveloping and utilizing specific nanoscale research tools, and in promoting research partnerships. The administration anticipates that the establishment of centers and networks will spawn the integration of research and education in nanoscale science and technology across disciplines and by various research sectors, including universities, federal laboratories, and the private sector.
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, has tried to identify the most promising complementary and synerTABLE 2.3 Key Outcomes Planned for NNI from FY 2002 to 2006 15 gistic fields of research being carried out by the various NNI agencies in order to develop collaborations that will advance nanoscience and engineering. According to NNI documents, an important goal of these multiagency collaborative efforts is to coordinate funding activities for centers and networks of excellence, to share the costs of expensive research initiatives, and to study potential societal implications surrounding the adoption of nano-related capabilities, while reducing the probability of duplicative research efforts.
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16 TABLE 2.4 Examples of Major Collaborations Planned by NNI Participating Agencies SMALL WONDERS, ENDLESS FRONTIERS Area of Investment DOD DOE DOJ DOT Treasury EPA NASA NIH NIST NSF USDA Fundamental research Nanostructured materia~s Molecular electronics Spin electronics Lab- on- a- chip Biosensors, bioinformatics .
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