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Sandbox to edit the page on National Nano Technology Initiative.


 * Signature initiatives but they get archived once complete so would need to be updated occasionally.
 * Page 1 and 2 of the 2016 NNI Strategic Plan contains the 20 partner organizations. List them.

Live: Mihail C. Roco proposed the initiative in a 1999 presentation to the White House under the Clinton administration. The NNI was officially launched in 2000 and received funding for the first time in FY2021.

Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives
Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives (NSIs) spotlight areas of nanotechnology where significant advances in nanoscale science and technology can be made with the focus and cooperation of participating agencies. NSIs accelerate research, development, and application of nanotechnology in these critical areas.

As of December 2020, the current NSIs are:


 * NSI: Water Sustainability through Nanotechnology – Nanoscale Solutions for a Global-Scale Challenge,
 * NSI: Nanotechnology for Sensors and Sensors for Nanotechnology – Improving and Protecting Health, Safety, and the Environment,
 * NSI: Sustainable Nanomanufacturing - Creating the Industries of the Future,
 * NSI: Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond.

NSIs are dynamic and are retired as they achieve their specified goals or develop an established community they no longer require the spotlight provided as a NSI. Retired NSIs are:


 * NSI: Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond,
 * NSI: Nanotechnology for Solar Energy Collection and Conversion - Contributing to Energy Solutions for the Future,
 * NSI: Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure - Enabling National Leadership in Sustainable Design.

Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenges
A nanotechnology-inspired grand challenge (GC) is an ambitious goal that utilizes nanotechnology and nanoscience to solve national and global issues. The first and current GC was announced in October 2015 after receiving input and suggestions from the public. As of December 2020, the grand challenge is:


 * A Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenge for Future Computing: Create a new type of computer that can proactively interpret and learn from data, solve unfamiliar problems using what it has learned, and operate with the energy efficiency of the human brain.

Add info on PCAs?

Program Component Areas (PCAs), which provide an organizational framework for categorizing the NNI's activities, are major subject areas under which related projects and activities are grouped. Progress in these areas is critical to achieving the NNI's goals and to realizing its vision. The investment for each PCA is reported in the annual NNI supplement to the President’s Budget.

The PCAs are:

1.     Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives and Grand Challenges

2.     Foundational Research

3.     Nanotechnology-Enabled Applications, Devices, and Systems

4.     Research Infrastructure and Instrumentation

5.     Environment, Health, and Safety

Budget information found here

A 2019 presentation on nanotechnology and where its headed at this URL

NNI FY2021 funding request here

2016 NNI Strategic Plan

Can update the panel to a more recent year?