Funding Opportunities
Every week the NNI will be updating the latest nanotechnology and nanoscience-related funding opportunities drawn from announcements from agency websites, grants.gov, Commerce Business Daily and other government databases.
Science of Small
May 2008 — The nano world offers exponential surface area upon which to work. Through the funding support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services (CREES), land-grant university researchers are learning how to manipulate matter like never before.
- New Skin: Scientists in Illinois are using corn protein to create new skin and deliver medicine through nanotubes.
- Following the Flow: Researchers are discovering how nano-scale tracers can uncover the sources of pollution in America's farm fields and waters.
- Super Cloth: Using nanotechnology, Cornell scientists created a fabric that can detect biohazards like E. coli and other pathogens.
- Disease Detectors: Scientists have developed nanoscale biosensors that can help detect diseases on farms and in hospitals.
Big Things from a Tiny World
New nanotechnology brochure released.
The world of nanotechnology can be difficult for a non-scientist to
grasp, and few publications for general readers exist. Now, the
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), with assistance
from scientists in the 25 agencies of the National Nanotechnology
Initiative, has produced a brochure that is geared to a broad public:
Report Probes Key Tools for Nanoscience Research
X-Rays and
Neutrons: Essential Tools for Nanoscience Research is the report of the NNI workshop, held June 16-18, 2005, that explored
how x-ray and neutron scattering techniques are being used to
characterize and process materials, devices, and systems at the
nanoscale and are considered prospects for advancing the field. The
meeting participants and chairs propose a 20-year roadmap for x-ray and
neutron nanoscience, and identify cross-cutting themes to catalyze
future research.