Slide Title: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSECs)

Slide Words: 5-year awards via NSF-wide competition renewable for further 5 years

2001 NSECs

• Cornell
• Columbia
• Harvard
• Northwestern
• Rensselaer/Illinois
• Rice

2003 NSECs- Manufacturing

• UCLA
• Illinois

2004 Nanoscale Center for Learning and Teaching

• NWU and partners

2004 NSECs

• Northeastern/U Mass Lowell/ U New Hampshire
• Ohio State
• Penn
• Stanford
• UC-Berkeley
• Wisconsin

FY 2005 Competitions

• Hierarchical Manufacturing
• Nanotechnology in Society
• Informal Science Education Network

Slide Image: An image illustrating self-assembly of gold-polymer nanorods resulting in a curved structure (top right corner)

Credit: Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University (image)