National

Nanotechnology
Initiative

NNI's 2014 enacted budget by agency.[1]

   NIH — $441.5M (28.7%)

    NSF — $440M (26.7%)
   Energy — $303.3M (19.7%)
   Defense — $175.9M (11.4%)
   NIST —$97.8M (6.4%)
   Homeland Security — $24.0M (1.6%)
   Agriculture — $19.1M (1.2%)
   NASA — $17.9M (1.2%)
   FDA — $17.0M (1.1%)
   EPA — $15.5M (1.0%)
   Other (0.99999999999999%)

The National Nanotechnology Initiative is

a United States federal government
program for the science, engineering, and
technology research and development for
nanoscale projects. “The NNI serves as
the central point of communication,
cooperation, and collaboration for all
Federal agencies engaged in
nanotechnology research, bringing
together the expertise needed to advance
this broad and complex field.”[2] Initiative
participants (cited below) state that its
four goals are to

1. advance a world-class nanotechnology

research and development (R&D) program;
2. foster the transfer of new technologies
into products for commercial and public
benefit;
3. develop and sustain educational
resources, a skilled workforce, and the
supporting infrastructure and tools to
advance nanotechnology; and
4. support responsible development of
nanotechnology.

History
Mihail Roco proposed the initiative in a
1999 presentation to the White House in
the Clinton administration.[3]

President Bill Clinton advocated

nanotechnology development. In a 21
January 2000 speech [1] at the California
Institute of Technology, Clinton stated that
"Some of our research goals may take
twenty or more years to achieve, but that is
precisely why there is an important role for
the federal government."

President George W. Bush further

increased funding for nanotechnology. On
December 3, 2003 Bush signed into law
the 21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Development Act (Public
Law 108-153 [2] ), which authorizes
expenditures for five of the participating
agencies totaling $3.63 billion over four
years.[3] . This law is an authorization, not
an appropriation, and subsequent
appropriations for these five agencies
have not met the goals set out in the 2003
Act. However, there are many agencies
involved in the Initiative that are not
covered by the Act, and requested budgets
under the Initiative for all participating
agencies in Fiscal Years 2006 - 2015
totaled over $1 billion each.

In February 2014, the National

Nanotechnology Initiative released a
Strategic Plan outlining updated goals and
"program component areas" [4] ," as
required under the terms of the Act. This
document supersedes the NNI Strategic
Plans released in 2004 and 2007.

The NNI's budget supplement proposed by

the Obama administration for Fiscal Year
2015 provides $1.5 billion in requested
funding. The cumulative NNI investment
since fiscal year 2001, including the 2015
request, totals almost $21 billion.
Cumulative investments in
nanotechnology-related environmental,
health, and safety research since 2005
now total nearly $900 million. The Federal
agencies with the largest investments are
the National Institutes of Health, National
Science Foundation, Department of
Energy, Department of Defense, and the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology. [4]

See also
 Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology
United States federal loan guarantee
Translational research

References
1. "National Nanotechnology Initiative
(NNI): Supplement to the President's FY
2015 Budget" (PDF). Office of Science and
Technology Policy. March 2014. Retrieved
28 March 2014.
2. "About the NNI | Nano" .
3. Dr. Mihail C. Roco: Senior Advisor for
Nanotechnology, National Science
Foundation at NSF Directorate of
Engineering website
4. NNI Supplement to the President's
Budget for Fiscal Year 2015

External links
Official website
McCray, W. Patrick (2005). "Will Small Be
Beautiful? Making Policies for Our
Nanotech Future" . History and
Technology. 21 (2): 177–203.
doi:10.1080/07341510500103735 .
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