All Articles Tagged As: funding

NYU to upgrade structural DNA nanotech facility with $1.6 million NSF grant (10/20/2010)

New York University has received a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its Structural DNA Nanotechnology facility. Structural DNA nanotechnology uses synthetic DNA molecules to create new materials a billionth of a meter in size. ...> Full Article

NSF renews Centers for Nanotechnology in Society (10/15/2010)

The National Science Foundation recently renewed two important cooperative agreements totaling more than $12.5 million over five years. ...> Full Article

Mount Sinai leads program of excellence in nanotechnology with $16.5 million grant (10/4/2010)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine received a contract for almost $16.5 million from The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLBI) through the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology (PEN). The contract is one of four issued nationally to develop multidisciplinary research Centers with the goal of developing nanotechnology tools for diagnosing and treating heart, lung and blood diseases. ...> Full Article

Scientists receive grant to develop nanotechnology for pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment (9/30/2010)

A team of UNC scientists has received a five-year $2,308,800 grant from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships to address the critical need for early diagnosis of and more effective treatments for pancreatic cancer. ...> Full Article

Rice University's award-winning NanoJapan program wins $4M grant (9/24/2010)

Rice University's award-winning undergraduate summer research program NanoJapan will soon expand, thanks to a new five-year, $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation. NanoJapan, which is open to students from all US universities, combines a traditional study-abroad experience in Japan with a targeted undergraduate research internship in nanotechnology. ...> Full Article

New Singapore-France research alliance to develop state-of-the-art nanotechnologies (10/19/2009)

NTU, Singapore's leading science and technology university has formed a tripartite research alliance with France's National Center of Scientific Research and Thales the French electronics giant and a global technology leader. The alliance known as the CNRS International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA) will be setting up a joint laboratory at NTU. The CINTRA Laboratory aims to harness the latest in science and technology to develop innovations in nanotechnologies for future computing, sensing and communication applications. ...> Full Article

2.5m Funding To Commercialize Breakthrough Carbon Nanotube Interconnection Process For Next-Generation Semiconductors (8/25/2009)

Second-round venture capital for silicon-friendly carbon nanotube growth process ...> Full Article

New research to exploit world's thinnest material (12/19/2008)

The Universities of Exeter and Bath can today reveal their plans for a new world-leading research center to explore and exploit the properties of the thinnest material in nature. The two universities have won a £5 million ($7.6 million) Science and Innovation Award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to create the Center of Graphene Science. ...> Full Article

Fibonacci sequence fronts new nanoscience building (6/9/2008)

A famous mathematical pattern has inspired the stunning curved sail façade of Bristol University's new £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information. ...> Full Article

Physicists receive big 'nano' grant (6/8/2008)

Queen's University professor is co-leader of new, $4.2-million nanotechnology research project. ...> Full Article

Tracking the spread of cancer: Nano-sized particles hunt down cancer cells (5/4/2008)

Pioneering the use of nanomedicine to catch the spread of cancer at its earliest stage is the focus of one of 76 new research grants announced today by the Canadian Cancer Society. ...> Full Article

$25M CU-Saudi link will boost nanoscale research (5/3/2008)

Research to include water desalination, carbon capture and solar energy ...> Full Article

Europe spends nearly twice as much as US on nanotech risk research (4/24/2008)

Assessment of 2006 funding shows US lags in highly relevant nano risk research ...> Full Article

Hybrid Computer Materials May Lead To Faster, Cheaper Technology (4/7/2008)

MU professor receives part of $6.5 million to research nano-magnetic devices ...> Full Article

World-Class Nanoelectronics Research Center Launched (4/5/2008)

$61M Collaboration Among Academia, Industry and State Government to Fund Alternatives to Silicon Semiconductors at Universities in Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michigan ...> Full Article

Prestigious NSF award helps physicist study magnetic nanostructures (3/20/2008)

Physicist lands one of the most prestigious awards available for faculty early in their careers. ...> Full Article

University of Oregon dedicates nanoscience research center (2/22/2008)

University of Oregon students crossing a grassy oval in the Lorry I. Lokey Science Complex this spring will be surprised to learn that, under their feet, researchers are operating millions of dollars worth of delicate high-tech equipment to find answers that could help propel Oregon to the forefront of the fast-growing nanotechnology industry. ...> Full Article

China starts flagship project on smart nanocomposites (2/15/2008)

With the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, a major research project on intelligent nanocomposites has recently kicked off in Beijing. ...> Full Article

New research facility to analyse a nano-world (2/9/2008)

A new South Australian research facility being launched today will help researchers around Australia view, analyse and modify structures as small as one-millionth of the diameter of a human hair. ...> Full Article

Researchers mine the 'Terahertz gap' (2/5/2008)

Research underway at the University of Leeds will provide a completely fresh insight into the workings of nano-scale systems, and enable advances in the development of nano-electronic devices for use in industry, medicine and biotechnology. ...> Full Article

Nanomedicine Research for Prostate Cancer Supported By $5 Million Gift from Prostate Cancer Foundation and David H. Koch (2/2/2008)

The Prostate Cancer Foundation, largely through the generosity of David H. Koch, has given $5 million to four institutions, including Weill Cornell Medical College, to support novel research in prostate cancer. The gift is one of the largest-ever individual donations for prostate cancer research. ...> Full Article

partnership to develop, commercialize new nanotechnology (12/21/2007)

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced quality for millions of cancer sufferers. ...> Full Article

UD teams with Koreans on nanotechnology research (11/22/2007)

A team that includes two faculty affiliated with UD's Center for Composite Materials (CCM) and researchers from the Korea Institute of Materials (KIMS) has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Korea Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for work in the area of nanotechnology. Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering, and Erik Thostenson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, will lead the UD effort in the nine-year program. ...> Full Article

New Facility Expands Yale Capability for Fabricating Nano-Devices (11/5/2007)

Yale dedicated the new Center for Microelectronics Materials and Structures Clean Room, an $8 million, 2,600-square-foot facility for fabricating micro- and nano-scale devices for engineering research. ...> Full Article

University receives $2.18 million to explore nano advancements in DNA sequencing (10/2/2007)

Research is part of initiative to significantly cut health care costs, improve diagnostic possibilities ...> Full Article

Science of Ultra-Small Poised to Bring Gigantic Gains, University Positions Itself as Nanotechnology Leader (9/30/2007)

The University of Alabama is the third academic institution in the nation to purchase a Local Electron Atom Probe, which is used to determine the position and type of atoms in various materials and view the structure in 3-D. ...> Full Article

Physicists receive $3.3 million for international nanoscience research (9/17/2007)

Ohio University physicists have received a total of $3.3 million for international collaborative research, in two separate grants from the National Science Foundation. ...> Full Article

Nanotechnology Initiative Presents Research Opportunities (9/15/2007)

A new partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, and a select group of leading universities and corporations will present Rensselaer graduate students with a host of new cutting-edge internship and research experiences. ...> Full Article

New NSF program will foster interdisciplinary graduate student research training in nanoscale science (9/14/2007)

Physicists, chemists, materials scientists and engineers often deal with the same problems, but they use different jargon. Talking to and collaborating with each other can be difficult, if not impossible. ...> Full Article