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11/03/20 4:14 PM

#20994 RE: bow-tie #20993

The President’s 2021 Budget requests over $1.7 billion for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), with an increased investment in the foundational research that will lead to discoveries that will advance a wide range of areas including key Industries of the Future. Cumulatively totaling over $31 billion (including the 2021 request), this support reflects the continued importance of research to understand matter at the nanoscale and to translate this knowledge into technological breakthroughs that benefit the American people.

Federal organizations with the largest investments are:

· National Institutes of Health (NIH): nanotechnology-based biomedical research at the intersection of life and physical sciences.

· National Science Foundation (NSF): fundamental research and education across all disciplines of science and engineering.

· Department of Energy (DOE): fundamental and applied research providing a basis for new and improved energy technologies.

· Department of Defense (DOD): science and engineering research advancing defense and dual-use capabilities.

· National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): fundamental research and development of measurement and fabrication tools, analytical methodologies, metrology, and standards for nanotechnology.

https://www.nano.gov/about-nni/what/funding
https://www.nano.gov/sites/default/files/pub_resource/2016-nni-strategic-plan.pdf