• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Science Foundation's Information on R&D Centers
• Network for Computational Nanotechnology
• National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Research Center
• California NanoSystems
• SUNY Albany Nanotech

University Affiliated (ELSI)

• Center on Nanotechnology and Society
  Chicago-Kent College of Law and Illinois Institute of Technology
  
  
• Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future
  Chicago-Kent College of Law and Illinois Institute of Technology; Email: info@thehumanfuture.org
  
  
• Center for Nanoscale Systems: Technology and Society
  Cornell University; Email: dpt6@cornell.edu
  
  
• Initiative on Technology and Self: Nanotechnology and Human Identity
  Massachusetts Institute of Techonolgy
  
  
• Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing Nanotechnology and Society Research Group
  Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and the University of New Hampshire
  
  
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center: Social/Ethical Project
  Northwestern University; Email: nanotechnology@northwestern.edu
  
  
• Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN)
  Rice University; Email: carod@rice.edu
  
  
• The Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes
  Arizona State University; Email: cspo@asu.edu
  
  
• Center for Nanotechnology in Society
  University of California, Santa Barbara
  
  
• Center for Nanoscience & Technology Studies, Societal and Ethical Implications
  University of South Carolina; Email: mstevens@gwm.sc.edu
  
  
• Societal Implications of Nanotechnology, Science, Technology & Society Program
  University of Texas, Austin; Email: ekeating@mail.utexas.edu
  
  
• Initiative on Nanotechnology and Society
  University of Wisconsin-Madison; Email: miller@lafollette.wisc.edu
  
  
• Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)
  University of Toronto
  
  
• "The Nanotechnology-Biology Interface: Exploring Models for Oversight" (9/15/05)
  Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Email: FrontDeskStaff@hhh.umn.edu

Non-profit, Thinktanks, Centers, and Institutes

• The Nanoethics Group
  Santa Barbara, CA; Email: hello@nanoethics.org
  
  
• Meridian Institute: Nanotechnology Project
  Dillon, CO and Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
  Washington, D.C.; Email: nano@si.edu
  
  
• ASME Nanotechnology Institute
  New York, NY; Email: nano@asme.org
  
  
• Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
  Palo Alto, CA; Email: admin@imm.org
  
  
• International Association of Nanotechnology
  Sacramento, CA; Email: info@ianano.org
  
  
• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
  Brooklyn, NY; Email: info@CRNano.org
  
  
• Foresight Nanotech Institute
  Palo Alto, CA; Email: foresight@foresight.org

Government Initiatives

• Air Force Materials Lab
  Morley Stone, POC -- Wright Laboratory, OH
  
  
• NASA Nanotechnology
  
  
• Biologically Inspired Materials Institute (BIMat)
  Princeton University
  
  
• Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing
  Purdue University
  
  
• Institute for Intelligent Bio-Nanomaterials & Structures for Aerospace Vehicles
  Texas A&M University
  
  
• Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration
  University of California, Los Angeles
  
  
• National Dendrimer and Nanotechnology Center
  Central Michigan University and the Department of Defense
  
  
• Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  
  
• Center for Nanoscience Innovation for Defense
  University of California-Santa Barbara
  
  
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
  
  
• Sandia National Laboratories
  
  
• Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Centers for Excellence

National Cancer Institute Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

"To help meet the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is engaged in efforts to harness the power of nanotechnology to radically change the way we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer.

The NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer is a comprehensive, systematized initiative encompassing the public and private sectors, designed to accelerate the application of the best capabilities of nanotechnology to cancer.

Currently, scientists are limited in their ability to turn promising molecular discoveries into benefits for cancer patients. Nanotechnology can provide the technical power and tools that will enable those developing new diagnostics, therapeutics, and preventives to keep pace with today’s explosion in knowledge.”

Participating Centers:

• Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC This center will focus on the fabrication of "smart" or targeted nanoparticles and other nanodevices for cancer therapy and imaging. Principal investigator: Rudolph Juliano, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina)
  
  
• Center of Nanotechnology for Treatment, Understanding, and Monitoring of Cancer
  University of California, San Diego, CA This center will focus on a smart, multifunctional, all-in-one platform capable of targeting tumors and delivering payloads of therapeutics. Principal investigator: Sadik Esener, Ph.D. (UCSD)
  
  
• Emory-Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Center for Personalized and Predictive Oncology
  Atlanta, GA This center will aim to innovate and accelerate the development of nanoparticles attached to biological molecules for cancer molecular imaging, molecular profiling and personalized therapy. Principal investigators: Shuming Nie, Ph.D., and Jonathan Simons, M.D. (Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology)
  
  
• MIT-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
  Cambridge, MA This center will focus on diversified nanoplatforms for targeted therapy, diagnostics, noninvasive imaging, and molecular sensing. Principal investigators: Robert Langer, Ph.D. (MIT), and Ralph Weissleder, M.D., Ph.D. (Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital)
  
  
• Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics
  Northwestern University, Evanston, IL This center plans to design and test nanomaterials and nanodevices to improve cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment. Principal investigator: Chad Mirkin, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
  
  
• Nanosystems Biology Cancer Center
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA This center will focus on the development and validation of tools for early detection and stratification of cancer through rapid and quantitative measurement of panels of serum and tissue-based biomarkers. Principal investigator: James Heath, Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology)
  
  
• The Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
  Washington University, St. Louis, MO This center has a comprehensive set of projects for the development of nanoparticles for in vivo imaging and drug delivery, with special emphasis on translational medicine. Principal investigator: Samuel Wickline, M.D. (Washington University)

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSECs)

• Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymeric Biomedical Devices
  Ohio State University
  
  
• Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology
  Rice University
  
  
• Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
  
• Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures
  Columbia University
  
  
• Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing
  Northeastern University
  
  
• Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems
  University of California at Berkeley
  
  
• Center for Molecular Function at the Nanoscale
  University of Pennsylvania
  
  
• Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• Center for Nanoscale Systems
  Cornell University
  
  
• Center for Nanotechnology in Society
  Arizona State University, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Southern California, and Harvard University
  
  
• Center for Probing the Nanoscale
  Stanford University
  
  
• Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing
  University of California at Los Angeles
  
  
• Center for Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale
  University of Wisconsin - Madison
  
  
• Institute for Nanotechnology
  Northwestern University
  
  
• Science of Nanoscale Systems and their Device Applications
  Harvard University

Network for Computational Nanotechnology

"The nanoHUB is a web-based initiative spearheaded by the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN). The NCN has a vision to pioneer the development of nanotechnology from science to manufacturing through innovative theory, exploratory simulation, and novel cyberinfrastructure.

The Network for Computational Nanotechnology is a network of universities that work together to define, develop, and support the nanoHUB. Collaborators and partners across the world have joined the NCN in this effort.

Research: The Network for Computational Nanotechnology seeks to be an example of how theory and simulation can accelerate progress in:

• nano-electronics: Reinventing electronics from the "bottom up" while exploring applications in computing, communications, sensing, energy conversion, etc.
  
  
• nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS): Making NEMS an engineering discipline by developing design principles and CAD tools while exploring applications in metrology, switching, sensing, and actuation.
  
  
• nano-bio device and systems: Exploring applications of nanoelectronics and NEMS to biology and medicine.
  
  
• Computation and software is a cross-cutting theme in the NCN that connects computer scientists and applied mathematicians to problem-driven scientists and engineers, to address large scale problems and develop community codes for nanotechnology."

Facilities Comprising the NCN:

• Purdue University (main NCN page)
  
  
• Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
  
  
• Center for Professional Development, Stanford University
  
  
• University of Florida
  
  
• University of Texas, El Paso
  
  
• Northwestern University
  
  
• Morgan State University

The Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

“Nanobiotechnology is an emerging area of scientific and technological opportunity. Nanobiotechnology applies the tools and processes of nano/microfabrication to build devices for studying biosystems. Researchers also learn from biology how to create better micro-nanoscale devices. The Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC), a National Science Foundation, Science and Technology Center is characterized by its highly interdisciplinary nature and features a close collaboration between life scientists, physical scientists, and engineers. We also share a commitment to education and outreach, taking the discoveries from the laboratory and realizing their potential benefit to society.”

NBTC Members:

• Cornell University
  
  
• Princeton University
  
  
• Wadsworth Center New York State Dept of Health
  
  
• Oregon Health Sciences University
  
  
• Clark Atlanta University
  
  
• Howard University

National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Research Centers

“An integrated national network of user facilities, NNIN laboratories have staffs with extensive experience in all phases of nanofabrication and its use in fields ranging from nanophysics to biology to electronics. Experts in micro mechanics and biology assist users in translating their ideas into experimental reality. With the assistance of the NNIN, users can often fabricate advanced nanostructures within weeks of initial contact. The NNIN also provides outreach support to the community through its Research Experience for Undergraduates program and training workshops.

The NNIN broadly supports nanotechnology activities outlined in the National Nanotechnology Initiative investment strategy. In addition to providing users across the nation access to leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools and instruments in support of nanoscale science and engineering research, the NNIN seeks to develop and maintain advanced research infrastructure, contribute to the education and training of a new workforce skilled in nanotechnology and the latest laboratory techniques, conduct outreach to the science and engineering communities, and explore the social and ethical implications of nanotechnologies.”

Research Centers:

• Cornell Nanoscale Science and Fabrication Facility
  Cornell University
  
  
• Keck Center for the Design of Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition
  Howard University
  
  
• Nanofabrication Facility
  Pennsylvania State University
  
  
• Stanford NanoFabrication Facility
  Stanford University
  
  
• Nanotech Fabrication Facility
  University of California at Santa Barbara
  
  
• Microelectronics Research Laboratory
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  
  
• Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Systems
  Harvard University
  
  
• Triangle National Lithography Center
  North Carolina State University
  
  
• National Center for Learning & Teaching in Nanoscale Science & Engineering
  Northwestern University
  
  
• Solid State Electronics Laboratory
  University of Michigan
  
  
• Minnesota Nanotechnology Cluster
  University of Minnesota
  
  
• Nanoscience at the University of New Mexico
  University of New Mexico
  
  
• Microelectronics Research Center
  University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• Center for Nanotechnology
  University of Washington

International (ELSI)

• Institute of Nanotechnology
  Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom; Email: andy@nano.org.uk
  
  
• NanoQuébec
  Montreal, Canada; Email: info@nanoquebec.ca
  
  
• Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
  University of Aarhus; Aarhus, Denmark
  
  
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Ethics of Science and Technology Programme
  
  
• Nanotechnology and News Production: Scientists', Journalists' and Editors' Views
  University of Plymouth and University of the West England, United Kingdom; Email: cewilkinson@plymouth.ac.uk
  
  
• Nanotechnology, Risk and Sustainability: Moving Public Engagement Upstream
  Lancaster University, Demos, United Kingdom; Email: P.Macnaghten@lancaster.ac.uk or james.wilsdon@demos.co.uk
  
  
• ETC Group: Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  
  
• European Commisson Nanotechology (CORDIS)
  
  
• NanoForum: European Union Thematic Network
  
  
• NanoNed: Technology Assessment of Nanotechnology Program
  Consortium of Dutch research institutes working in nanoscience and nanotechnology; Email: info@nanoned.nl
  
  
• Politik der Nanotechnologie
  Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  
  
• NanoRobust: Societal aspects of Nanotechnology
  Section for Science and Technology Studies, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden; Email: hans.fogelberg@sts.gu.se
  
  
• Nanoworld
  Russian Societe of Scanning Probe Microscopy and Nanotechnology
  
  
• Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)