NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a U.S. Government research and development (R&D) initiative. Over thirty Federal departments, independent agencies, and commissions work together toward the shared vision of a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to ongoing revolutions in technology and industry that benefit society. The NNI enhances interagency coordination of nanotechnology R&D, supports a shared infrastructure, enables leveraging of resources while avoiding duplication, and establishes shared goals, priorities, and strategies that complement agency-specific missions and activities.
21ST CENTURY NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
President George W. Bush signs the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act on Dec. 3, 2003. Credit: White House.
NNI BUDGET SUPPLEMENTS
The NNI’s annual budget supplements provide supplemental information to the President’s annual budget. They also serve as the annual report on the NNI called for in the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. The reports summarize NNI programmatic activities for the two previous fiscal years, as well as the address plans for the upcoming fiscal year. These documents describe investment categories, known as the program component areas (PCAs), used in the annual NNI budget crosscut.
The NNI Strategic Plans describe the NNI vision and goals and the strategies by which these goals are to be achieved, including specific objectives within each of the goals, as called for in the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.
