National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

Synopsis

Over the past decade of its authorized award life, the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) has enabled major discoveries, innovations, and contributions to education and commerce by providing researchers from academia, small and large companies, and government with open access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. The National Science Foundation is now moving forward with the new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) as the successor to the NNIN.

This solicitation establishes a competition for individual university user facility sites positioned across the nation. A Coordinating Office will then be selected competitively at a later stage from among the selected sites to enhance their impact as a national infrastructure of user facility sites. The ultimate selection of user facility sites will include capabilities and instrumentation addressing current and anticipated future user needs across the broad areas of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.

Program contacts

Name	Email	Phone	Organization
Richard Nash	rnash@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5394	ENG/ECCS
Luciana Astiz	lastiz@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4705	GEO/EAR
Sankar Basu	sabasu@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7843	CISE/CCF
Virginia C. Carter	vccarter@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4651	EDU/DUE
Khershed P. Cooper	khcooper@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7017	ENG/CMMI
Colby A. Foss	cfoss@nsf.gov	(703) 292-5327	MPS/CHE
Frederick Kronz	fkronz@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7283	SBE/SES
Maija M. Kukla	mkukla@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4940	MPS/DMR
Matthew McCune	mamccune@nsf.gov	(703) 292-2906	ENG/ECCS
Sally O'Connor	socconor@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4552	BIO/DBI
Souleymane Omar Diallo	somardia@nsf.gov	(703) 292-8302	MPS/DMR
Nora F. Savage	NOSAVAGE@nsf.gov	(703) 292-7949	ENG/CBET
Guebre X. Tessema	gtessema@nsf.gov	(703) 292-4935

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Program status: Archived

Program 15-519 was archived.

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Published:

November 18, 2014

National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

Status: Archived

Archived funding opportunity

NSF's implementation of the revised 2 CFR

Important information for proposers

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

Synopsis

Program contacts

Awards made through this program

Organization(s)