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

Nanotechnology: Big Things from a Tiny WorldNew 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:

Nanotechnology: Big Things from a Tiny World

Report Probes Key Tools for Nanoscience Research

X-Rays and Neutrons coverX-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.

Nano Currents