Programs and resources

List of selected programs from NNI participating agencies that may support climate mitigation nanotechnologies:

DOD

• SERDP | ESTCP

DOE

• Energy Earthshots
• Climate Change
• Combating the Climate Crisis
• Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

EPA

• Energy Efficiency and Clean Power Programs
• Vehicle GHG Emission Standards
• Climate Change Partnership Programs
• Renewable Fuel Standard Program
• Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

NASA

• Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
• Earth System Observatory
• Advanced Air Vehicles Program
• Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program

DOC/NIST

• Climate Programs
• Chips.gov

NSF

• Critical Aspects of Sustainability: Innovative Solutions to Climate Change
• Life on a Warming Planet Research at NSF
• Organismal Response to Climate Change
• Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics
• Additionally, multiple other programs across all of NSF’s Directorates support nanoscale science and engineering research related to the challenges identified under Nano4EARTH; www.nsf.gov

USDA

• Climate Solutions
• Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities
• Climate Hubs
• Climate Change
• Nanotechnology Program, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

​More resources:

• Global Change Research Program
• First Movers Coalition
• NNI R&D User Facilities
• DOD 2021 Climate Action Plan
• ARMY Climate Strategy
• ARMY Climate Strategy Implementation Plan
• DOE 2021 Climate Action Plan
• EPA 2021 Climate Action Plan
• NASA 2021 Climate Action Plan
• DOC 2021 Climate Action Plan
• USDA 2021 Climate Action Plan
• U.S. Innovation to Meet 2050 Climate Goals
• NSF-funded National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) 2023 Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge (Funds for Student-led Entrepreneurship - Apply by February 11th, 2023 - Nanotechnology for Global Sustainability)
• SBIR
• NSF I-Corps Program
• Activate Fellowship