May 27, 2025 - Under his stewardship the nanotechnology federal investment has increased from about $3 million in 1991 at NSF to $1.8 billion in 2010, and over 80 countries adopted nanotechnology programs using the vision formulated in these documents. The cumulative National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) ...

September 27, 2019 - I am the founding Chair of the Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science and Engineering set up in 2000 at the White House, the interagency organization that steered the NNI. Currently I am Senior Advisor for Science and Engineering at the NSF.

June 18, 2026 - This fact sheet provides basic ... include Sustainable Nanomanufacturing, Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond, Water Sustainability through Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure, Nanotechnology for Sensors (and other ...

Attempts to coordinate federal work on the nanoscale began in November 1996, when staff members from several agencies decided to meet regularly to discuss their plans and programs in nanoscale science and technology. This group continued informally until September 1998, when it was designated as the Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology (IWGN) under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the OSTP.11M.C. Roco, National Science Foundation, presentation to the committee, August 16, 2001.

July 29, 2025 - The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a U.S. Government research and development initiative that coordinates funding for nanotechnology among the participating Federal departments and agencies. The NNI vision is a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the ...

3 weeks ago - The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a research and development initiative which provides a framework to coordinate nanoscale research and resources among United States federal government agencies and departments. In the late 1990's, nanotechnology was emerging as a particularly ...

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April 24, 2019 - MIHAIL C. ROCO is Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation. He is the first chair of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC’s) Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET). As Chairman, he had a key role in shaping the ...

Roco is the founding chair of the National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), and is the Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation. He also coordinated the programs on academic liaison with industry ...

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Attempts to coordinate federal work on the nanoscale began in November 1996, when staff from several agencies decided to meet regularly to discuss their plans and programs in nanoscience and nanotechnology. This group continued informally until September of 1998, when it was designated the Interagency Working Group on NanoScience, Engineering, and Technology (IWGN) under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).11Presentation by M.Roco at the National Academy of Sciences, August 16, 2001.

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December 12, 2025 - The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a U.S. Government research and development initiative that coordinates funding for nanotechnology among the participating Federal departments and agencies. The NNI vision is a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the ...

This is the homepage of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a federal R&D program established to coordinate the multi-agency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. The goals of the NNI are to: maintain a world-class ...

NSF participates in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a whole-of-government approach to advance the discovery, development, and deployment of nanoscale science, engineering and technology that benefit society.

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January 31, 2011 - Roco, M.C. National Nanotechnology Initiative to Advance Broad Societal Goals. MRS Bulletin 28, 416–417 (2003).

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) was created in 2000 to focus and coordinate the nanoscience and nanotechnology research and development (R&D) activities being funded by several federal agencies. The purpose of the NNI is to marshal these research activities in order to accelerate responsible development and deployment of nanotechnology for economic benefit and national security.

April 15, 2026 - The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a U.S. Government research and development (R&D) initiative. Over thirty Federal departments, independent agencies, and commissions work together toward the shared vision of a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to ongoing revolutions in technology and industry that benefit society.