NSET Releases Strategic Plan for National Nanotechnology Initiative
The Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology has released its Strategic Plan for the Federal R&D program in nanotechnology.
The document contains the vision, goals and plans for specific activities by which the goals will be accomplished by the 22 agencies participating
in the NNI. The budget for these activities was about $1 billion in 2004. The updated strategic plan is called for in the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.
As identified in the Plan, the four main goals of the NNI are to
- Maintain a world-class research and development program aimed at realizing the full potential of nanotechnology
- Facilitate transfer of new technologies into products for economic growth, jobs, and other public benefit
- Develop educational resources, a skilled workforce, and the supporting infrastructure and tools to advance nanotechnology
- Support responsible development of nanotechnology
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