The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), an academic collaboration between two universities in North Carolina, is one of 16 programmes across the US to receive funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to drive innovation in nanoscale science, engineering and technology.
The academic institutions are the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (NCG) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T).
JSNN has teamed up with Georgia Tech to create the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC), a partnership that will receive US$8m over five years.
The school will receive $1.8m, allowing companies and organisations to use its facilities, tools and resources to test and develop technology through the fabrication of nanostructures.
NSF will provide a total of $81m in funding to support the 16 sites and a coordinating office as part of a new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).
'Collaboration and shared infrastructure are integral to JSNN’s operating model,' said Dr James Ryan, founding dean of the JSNN.
'The NNCI will help JSNN to expand its partnerships and leverage its state-of-the-art capabilities for research and economic development.'
The partnership is the first of its kind between JSNN and Georgia Tech.
