Don't cut funding for the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network!

The Issue

The NNIN is an integrated networked partnership of user facilities, serving the needs of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.  This invaluable resource for academic, industrial, and government researchers was funded under a 10-year program which ended on Feb. 28, 2014. While there was an NSF call for proposals for a Next Generation Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NG-NNIN), NSF announced on  4 March that it would not be funding either of the NG-NNIN proposals under consideration. If the NSF does not continue to fund the NNIN, it will greatly hurt US competitiveness in nanotechnology. 

You can read more about the situation at http://savethennin.org

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The Issue

The NNIN is an integrated networked partnership of user facilities, serving the needs of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.  This invaluable resource for academic, industrial, and government researchers was funded under a 10-year program which ended on Feb. 28, 2014. While there was an NSF call for proposals for a Next Generation Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NG-NNIN), NSF announced on  4 March that it would not be funding either of the NG-NNIN proposals under consideration. If the NSF does not continue to fund the NNIN, it will greatly hurt US competitiveness in nanotechnology. 

You can read more about the situation at http://savethennin.org

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Pramod Khargonekar
Pramod Khargonekar
Assistant Director, Directorate of Engineering
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“Dear Colleagues: The National Science Foundation appreciates all of the community’s input on a future NSF nanotechnology infrastructure support program to succeed the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). We now are offering a new funding opportunity for nanotechnology infrastructure called National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure. A description and instructions are at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505149. We have listened carefully to your ideas concerning its critical characteristics, major goals, promising research opportunities, importance to students, and relations to other infrastructure. Earlier this year, NSF received many thoughtful ideas in response to our Dear Colleague Letter (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14068/nsf14068.jsp). In August, with NSF support, Dr. Thomas Theis (IBM Research, on assignment to the Semiconductor Research Corporation) and Dr. Mark Tuominen (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) organized a workshop to outline in greater detail the needs, opportunities, and vision for a future infrastructure support program. The report from workshop was published in October at https://www.src.org/newsroom/src-in-the-news/2014/656/. We thank you for your participation in this important process. Sincerely, Pramod P. Khargonekar Assistant Director for Engineering National Science Foundation ”
France A. Córdova
France A. Córdova
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Petition created on March 12, 2014