NSF Funding Announcement
NSF recently announced a call for proposals for Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies. The program provides support to develop and test the environmental effects of new technologies. For more information, including deadlines and application instructions, please click here.
Article on States’ Investment in Nanotechnology
The New Haven Independent recently ran an article on state investment in nanotechnology as an engine for economic development. more»
Daily Pennsylvanian Article on the NTI
The Daily Pennsylvanian, the University of Pennsylvania’s campus newspaper, announced the renewal of the NTI funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. more»
Innovation Ecosystem
On December 16, 2009 the Government Research Funding Programs Series presented its first webinar, Innovation Ecosystem. The presentation was given by Dr. Kesh S. Narayanan, Division Director, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation. more»
NACK Center Free Web Seminars
The NACK (Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge) Center at Penn State University is conducting free monthly webinars beginning January 22. Each webinar is 90 minutes long and begins at 1:00 PM ET. more»
FY 2010 Federal Funding Opportunity at NIST
This grant opportunity may be of interest to NTI researchers at universities and in industry. For more about the Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grants Program click here.
Nanotech Conference – Call for Abstracts
The Nanotech Conference and Expo 2010 will be held in Anaheim, CA, June 21-25. The call for abstracts and business proposals is now open. more»
ACS Nanotoxicology Papers
Chemical Research in Toxicology from the American Chemical Society provides a forum for articles that explore the toxicological properties of nanoparticles toward intact cells. more»
Funding Opportunities from US EPA
The United States Environmenal Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new funding opportunities in the category of ”Increasing Scientific Data on the Fate, Transport and Behavior of Engineered Nanomaterials in Selected Environmental and Biological Matrices.” For more information, please click here:
NIH Welcomes Proposals for 2010 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Projects Program
A major goal of the NIH is to foster bold and creative investigator-initiated research. In pursuit of this goal, the Transformative Research Projects Program has been created under the auspices of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research to enhance submission and support of exceptionally innovative, high risk, original and/or unconventional research that has the potential to have a profound impact in clinical, basic, and behavioral/social science arenas. more»
NTI: Signs of Success
NTI research programs have been extremely successful at publishing in peer-reviewed journals, resulting in more than 820 articles.
In addition, NTI researchers have been awarded more than 200 federal grants totaling more than $150 million.