The National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE) is a government/university/industry collaboration formed to develop the next generation of innovation leaders for the U.S. by involving students in large scale multi-disciplinary research projects focused on developing nano-enabled solutions to important national problems. NINE addresses a growing national concern; that America’s science and engineering education and innovation engine is in danger. The America COMPETES Act, signed in August 2007, provides a national strategy to address this concern.
In accord with this strategy, NINE was established as a national innovation hub in the exciting and rapidly developing field of nano-engineering. NINE is intended to be the model of a novel partnership between universities and companies throughout the nation and the Department of Energy (DOE), with Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) as the host lab for NINE.
What's New/Upcoming
NewsSenate Letter Urges Additional Current Year Funding for DOE Office
of Science and NSF
Calls Increase for Science Focused Presidential Debate (January 2008)Government Calls for Collaboration to Measure Innovation (January 2008)
FY2009 Budget Request: DOE Office of Science (February 2008)
President Bush Reaffirms American Competitiveness Initiative (February 2008)
How to Capture the Essence of Innovation (January 2008)
Not Your Father's Collaboration (January 2008)
Sandia National Laboratories Volunteer "Goodness Award" 2008
