This report on Regional, State, and Local (RSL) Initiatives in Nanotechnology is the result of a topical workshop convened 1–2 May 2012 in Portland, Oregon, sponsored by the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council, and by the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute.

AAAS, 1200 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC

Federal Agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) are hosting a webinar to announce the release of the 2011 NNI Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy and to the discuss the development of this document and its key focus areas.

The US and EU jointly held a workshop to engage in an active discussion about environmental, health, and safety questions for nano-enabled products, encourage joint programs of work that would leverage resources, and establish communities of practice, including identification of key points of contact /interest groups/themes between key US and EU researchers & key US and EU funding sources.

Washington, DC