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3 National Nanotechnology Initiative Stakeholders
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Moreover, the NNI can help to connect nonfederal stakeholders with federal stakeholders and to each other -- for example, connecting NNI centers with regional, state, and local centers and with teachers and students around the country and connecting entrepreneurs with those seeking new ideas and solutions. 1 ee S National Economic Council, Council of Economic Advisers, and Office of Science and Technology Policy, A Strategy for American Innovation -- Securing Our Economic Growth and Prosperity, February 2011, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/InnovationStrategy.
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Specific examples drawn from a 2010 NNI-sponsored workshop are given in Appendix C Nanotechnology research takes place worldwide.
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An example is the creation and diffusion of knowledge and ideas through formal connections between and among authors of scientific publications and their organizations in the 19 National Science Foundation (NSF) nanoscience and engineering centers.4 Other NNI structures that foster stakeholder engagement and interaction are the NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
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nanotechnology researchers to K-12 educators, their students, and the public. The nanoHUB.org website is NCN's primary dissemination mechanism for provid ing a wide array of tools and simulation software and is designed and managed to measure and improve its effectiveness in research and education.
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The annual Nanodays sponsored and strongly supported by NISE constitute a nationwide educational "festival" at museums, r esearch centers, and universities focused on engaging and informing the public about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. Through its website, NISE provides teaching and media kits to event organizers in both physical and digital forms.
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It is hoped that implementing a framework for planning, management, and collabo ration will make it easier to identify the stakeholders who are expected to benefit from the NNI in the short term, the intermediate term, and the long term and to assess the benefits at each timescale on the basis of the goals of the program and the resources that are made available. National nanotechnology initiative Planning, coordination, and Management by FEDERAL Stakeholders This section reviews the current roles, responsibilities, and actions of federal stakeholders involved in planning, coordination, and management of the NNI.
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Those roles are appar ent in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released in 2012 titled N anotechnology -- Improved Performance Information Needed for Environmental, Health, and Safety Research.8 The report states that in 2008 GAO had "recommended that the Director of OSTP, in consultation with the Directors of NNCO [the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office]
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Despite the "bottom-up" mechanism by which NNI funding is developed, participating agencies realize added value through their involvement in the NNI and the NSET Subcommittee (Box 3.1) , assigning representatives to the various interagency bodies (Box 3.2)
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Further, the NNI provides a central interface with academia and industry as well as re gional/state organizations and international counterparts in the process of innovating nanotechnology.12 The NSET Subcommittee leads the interagency coordination of the Federal Government's nanotechnology R&D enterprise by cooperatively coordinating the research, development, communication, and funding functions of the NNI. The NSET Subcommittee develops the 12 NSTC, National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan, Committee on Technology, Sub ommittee c on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology, February 2011, available at http://www.nano.gov/ sites/default/files/pub_resource/2011_strategic_plan.pdf, accessed December 19, 2012, p.
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was among the initial participating agencies in the NNI and the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee.
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1 NSTC, National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan, Committee on Technology, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology, February 2011, available at http://www.nano.gov/ sites/default/files/pub_resource/2011_strategic_plan.pdf, accessed December 19, 2012. •• Sharing information between NNI participating agencies.
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The GIN working group goals are these: Monitoring foreign nanotechnology programs and development; broadening international cooperation and communications regarding nanotechnology research and development (R&D) including activities related to safeguarding environmental and human health; and promoting the United States' commercial and trade interests in nanotechnology in the global marketplace.
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National Nanotechnology Coordination Office The NNCO provides technical and administrative support to the NSET Sub committee and its working groups and is critical for the success and effectiveness of the NNI. It organizes NNI workshops and facilitates the production of various reports, strategic plans, and so on, that represent efforts at the interagency level.
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Stakeholders Receiving national nanotechnology initiative–RELATED Federal Funding The funding related to the NNI in 2012 was reported to be $1.85 billion among the participating agencies. (NNI-related federal funding is defined as participating agency funding associated with nanotechnology projects and initiatives that fall under the NNI umbrella.)
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National Cancer Institute (NCI) centers of cancer nanotechnology excel lence, the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the USDA Forest Service cellulose nanomaterials pilot facilities, and the five DOE nanoscale science
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There are, however, some excellent examples in which NNI researchers working in a common area are clearly and publicly identified; projects, long-term goals, and national strategies are clearly and publicly connected; and NNI resources and activ ities for moving from innovative concepts to commercialization are developed and promulgated throughout the community. One outstanding model of the planning, coordination, and management involving nanotechnology stakeholders working toward common goals is the NIH cancer nanotechnology research program, shown
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21 ational Cancer Institute, NCI Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, July 27, 2010, NIH Publi N cation No. 11-7776, Bethesda, Md., p.
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The ANC, an NNI best practice in planning and implementing a vision of nanotechnology, is planned and implemented across the cancer-research enterprise through the NCI Office of Cancer Nanotechnology Research (OCNR) in the NCI Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives (CSSI)
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The information-technology aspects of metrics are described in the nanotechnology informatics white paper prepared for NCI by the Integrative Cancer Research Nanotechnology Working Group. NCI provides funding for preclinical work on diagnostics, devices, and pharmaceutical therapies although other National Institutes of Health funding can be leveraged for clinical evaluation.
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NNI researchers may not be aware of broader NNI resources, such as agency user facilities and national nanotechnology networks. Recommendation 3-1: The NSET Subcommittee and the NNCO should create and maintain a publicly accessible database of NNI projects, people, and orga nizations funded by the U.S.
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Notification of NNI related funded researchers is a critical component of building a stronger nanoscale science and engineering community in combination with the database of research projects and investigators called for above. The next two chapters describe and recommend definitions of success, relevant metrics, and changes in NSET Subcommittee and NNCO planning, management, and coordination to support the participating NNI agencies and departments, federally funded NNI researchers and organizations, and the broader NNI stake holder community.
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