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Thursday, February 10, 2011

National Nanotechnology Initiative's Strategic Plan

The National Nanotechnology Initiative's (NNI) Strategic plan does not include any specifics on regulation of nanomaterials; however, it does mention a NNI Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy that is due in "early 2011." This combined with the information gathered in the strategic plan will likely play a large role in the determining how nanomaterials are regulated. The full announcement is below along with a link to the pdf version of complete plan.

The NNI Strategic Plan announcement from NNI:
"NNI and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy are pleased to announce the release of the 2011 NNI Strategic Plan. As called for by the 21st Century Nanotechnology R&D Act, the NNI plan is updated every three years. The February 2011 NNI Strategic Plan retains the overall vision, the four goals, and the eight program component areas outlined in the previous edition of the plan (released in December 2007). For the first time the 2011 plan includes specific objectives under each goal, outlining the concrete steps that the NNI member agencies will take toward collectively achieving the NNI vision and goals. Developed under the auspices of the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology, the plan will be used by the NNI member agencies to guide the coordination of their research, training programs, and resources. The plan benefits from and builds upon recommendations from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the National Academies, and incorporates a broad rage of stakeholder input obtained through NNI-sponsored workshops, a formal Request for Information published in the Federal Register, and the NNI Strategy Portal website, http://strategy.nano.gov.

The NNI Strategic Plan can be found below.

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