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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23603.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

A2P Atoms to Product
AMTech Advanced Manufacturing Technology
API active pharmaceutical ingredient
ARMD Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (NASA)
ASU Arizona State University
CAP Commercialization Accelerator Program (NIH)
cGMP current good manufacturing practice
CHM Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
CMOS Contract Manufacturing Organization
CNF Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility
CNS Center for Nanoscale Systems (Harvard University)
CNSE Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
CNST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (NIST)
CoE Center of Excellence (FAA)
CRP Commercialization Readiness Pilot (NIH)
CY calendar year
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCTC Dakota County Technical College
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23603.
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EFRC Energy Frontier Research Center (DOE)
EHS environmental, health, and safety
EMN Energy Materials Network (DOE)
EMSL Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERC Engineering Research Center
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FEDC Flexible Electronics and Display Center
FNC Future Naval Capabilities (ONR)
FY fiscal year
GCD Game Changing Development (NASA)
GCGH Grand Challenge in Global Health initiative
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GOALI Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (NSF)
HGP Human Genome Project
HPC4MFG High Performance Computing for Manufacturing Program (DOE)
I-Corps Innovation Corps
I/UCRC Industry/University Cooperative Research Center
IQT
ISO International Organization for Standardization
MANTECH Manufacturing Technology
MANTH Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub for Research, Education and Innovation
MEMS microelectromechanical systems
MEP Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST)
MII Manufacturing Innovation Institute
MINIC Midwest Nano Infrastructure Corridor
MMNIN Multi-scale Manufacturing and Nano Integration Node
MONT Montana Nanotechnology Facility
MOSIS Metal Oxide Semiconductor Implementation Service
MRL manufacturing readiness level
MSiC Math Science Innovation Center
MURI Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
NAE National Academy of Engineering
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23603.
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBMC Nano-Bio Manufacturing Consortium
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCI-SW Nanotechnology Collaborative Infrastructure Southwest
NCL Nanotechnology Characterization Lab
NCN Network for Computational Nanotechnology
NCNHIR NIEHS Centers for Nanotechnology Health Implications Research
NCSES National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
NCTR National Center for Toxicological Research
NERC Nanosystem Engineering Research Center
NIAC NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts
NICE Nanotechnology Innovation and Commercialization Ecosystem
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NISEnet National Informal STEM Education Network
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NNCI National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure
NNCO National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
NNF Nebraska Nanoscale Facility
NNI National Nanotechnology Initiative
NNIN National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
NNMI National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
NNN National Nanomanufacturing Network
NNUN National Nanofabrication User Network
NRC National Research Council
NSE nanoscale science and engineering
NSEC Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers
NSEE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education
NSET Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology
NSF National Science Foundation
NSI Nanotechnology Signature Initiative
NSRC Nanoscale Science Research Center
NSTC National Science and Technology Council
ONR Office of Naval Research
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PCA program component area
PCAST President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23603.
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R&D research and development
RET Research Experience for Teachers
REU Research Experience for Undergraduates
RFI request for information
RIF Rapid Innovation Fund
RTNN Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network
S&E science and engineering
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SBV Small Business Voucher (DOE)
SDNI San Diego Nanotechnology Infrastructure
SENIC Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor
SHyNE Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental Resource
SMART Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (DOD)
SNSF Stanford Nano Shared Facilities
SPL Solar Power Laboratory
STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
STRG Space Technology Research Grant (NASA)
STTR Small Business Technology Transfer
TCF Technology Commercialization Fund
TDM Technology Demonstration Mission (NASA)
TFC Technology Commercialization Fund (DOE)
TIA Technology Investment Agreement (DOE)
TNF Texas Nanofabrication Facility
TONIC Translation of Nanotechnology in Cancer
TRL technology readiness level
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
UARC University Affiliated Research Center
ULI University Leadership Initiative (NASA ARMD)
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23603.
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Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology, often referred to simply as "nanotechnology," is the understanding, characterization, and control of matter at the scale of nanometers, the dimension of atoms and molecules. Advances in nanotechnology promise new materials and structures that are the basis of solutions, for example, for improving human health, optimizing available energy and water resources, supporting a vibrant economy, raising the standard of living, and increasing national security.

Established in 2001, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a coordinated, multiagency effort with the mission to expedite the discovery, development, and deployment of nanoscale science and technology to serve the public good. This report is the latest triennial review of the NNI called for by the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003. It examines and comments on the mechanisms in use by the NNI to advance focused areas of nanotechnology towards advanced development and commercialization and on the physical and human infrastructure needs for successful realization in the United States of the benefits of nanotechnology development.

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