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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11752.
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Acronyms

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

BIS Bureau of Industry and Security (Department of Commerce)

CBAN Consultative Board for Advancing Nanotechnology

CBEN Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA)

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

DOC Department of Commerce

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL Department of Labor

DOT Department of Transportation

DOTreas Department of the Treasury

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11752.
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EC European Commission

ED Department of Education

EHS environmental, health, and safety

EIG experimental issue group

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EU European Union

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FHSA Federal Hazardous Substances Act

FS Forest Service

GNN Global Nanotechnology Network (workshop)

HHS Health and Human Services, Department of

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ITC International Trade Commission

ITIC Intelligence Technology Innovation Center

IWGN Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology

LCA life cycle analysis

MOU memorandum of understanding

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCI National Cancer Institute

NCN Network for Computational Nanotechnology

NEHI Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (working group of the NSET Subcommittee)

NGO nongovernmental organization

NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH National Institutes of Health

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIRT Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NSF program)

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NNAP National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel

NNCO National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

NNI National Nanotechnology Initiative

NNIN National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NSF program)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E Acronyms." National Research Council. 2006. A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11752.
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NRC National Research Council

NRL Naval Research Laboratory

NSECs Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSF program)

NSET Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (Subcommittee of the NSTC)

NSF National Science Foundation

NSP Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI)

NSRC Nanoscale Science Research Centers (DOE program)

NSTC National Science and Technology Council

NTP National Toxicology Program

NTRC Nanotechnology Research Center (NIOSH)

OMB Office of Management and Budget

ORD Office of Research and Development (EPA)

OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy

PCA program component area

PCAST President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

R&D research and development

REACH Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (multiagency program)

STAR Science to Achieve Results (program)

STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

STTR Small Business Technology Transfer (multiagency program)

SWNT single-wall carbon nanotube

TA Technology Administration (Department of Commerce)

TAG technical advisory group

TF task force

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

USPTO U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Department of Commerce)

VC venture capital

WG working group

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The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) was created in 2000 to focus and coordinate the nanoscience and nanotechnology research and development (R&D) activities being funded by several federal agencies. The purpose of the NNI is to marshal these research activities in order to accelerate responsible development and deployment of nanotechnology for economic benefit and national security. To take stock of the progress of the NNI, Congress, in P. L. 108-153, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, directed the National Research Council to carry out a review of the program every three years. This report presents the results of the first of those reviews, which addresses the economic impact of nanotechnology developments and provides a benchmark of U.S. R&D efforts relative to those undertaken by foreign competitors. In addition, the report offers an assessment of the current status of responsible development of nanotechnology and comments on the feasibility of molecular self-assembly.

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