National Nanotechnology Initiative Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Summary & Highlights, February 2008

Details how a sustained major investment in nanotechnology research and development across the previous nine years of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) reflected broad support for the program from the Administration and Congress, based on its potential to vastly improve the nation’s fundamental understanding and control of matter, ultimately leading to a revolution in technology and industry for the benefit of society.