Funding
The 2011 Budget provides $1.8 billion for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), reflecting steady growth in the NNI investment.
The cumulative NNI investment since 2001, including the 2011 request, now totals almost $14 billion. Cumulative investments in EHS research since 2005 now total over $480 million. Cumulative investments in education and in research on ethical, legal, and other societal dimensions of nanotechnology since 2005 total over $260 million.
The 2011 NNI budget supports nanoscale science and engineering R&D at 15 agencies. Agencies with the largest investments are:
- DOE (research providing a basis for new and improved energy technologies)
- NSF (fundamental research across all disciplines of science and engineering)
- NIH (nanotechnology-based biomedical research at the intersection of life sciences and the physical sciences)
- DOD (science and engineering research advancing defense and dual-use capabilities)
- NIST (fundamental research and development of measurement and fabrication tools, analytical methodologies, and metrology for nanotechnology)
Other agencies investing in mission-related research are EPA, NASA, NIOSH, USDA (including both NIFA and FS), CPSC, DOT (including the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA), and DOJ.
Other Resources
See the budget supplement: NNI FY 2011 Budget.
See 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.
NNI Budget Overview by Agency
The table below presents the requested budget breakdowns by agency.
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Table 1 NNI Budget, 2009 - 2011 (dollars in millions) |
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| 2009 Actual | 2009 Recovery* | 2010 Estimated | 2011 Proposed |
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| DOE** |
332.6 |
293.2 |
372.9 |
423.9 |
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| NSF |
408.6 |
101.2 |
417.7 |
401.3 |
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| HHS/NIH |
342.8 |
73.4 |
360.6 |
382.4 |
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| DOD*** |
459.0 |
0.0 |
436.4 |
348.5 |
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| DOC/NIST |
93.4 |
43.4 |
114.4 |
108.0 |
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| EPA |
11.6 |
0.0 |
17.7 |
20.0 |
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| HHS/NIOSH |
6.7 |
0.0 |
9.5 |
16.5 |
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| NASA |
13.7 |
0.0 |
13.7 |
15.8 |
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| HHS/FDA |
6.5 |
0.0 |
7.3 |
15.0 |
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| DHS |
9.1 |
0.0 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
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| USDA/NIFA |
9.9 |
0.0 |
10.4 |
8.9 |
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| USDA/FS |
5.4 |
0.0 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
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| CPSC |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
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| DOT/FHWA | 0.9 |
0.0 |
3.2 |
2.0 |
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| DOJ | 1.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| TOTAL **** |
1,701.5 |
511.3 |
1,781.1 |
1,761.6 |
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* Based on allocations of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5) appropriations. Agencies may report additional ARRA funding for SBIR and STTR projects later, when 2009 SBIR/STTR data become available.
** Funding levels of DOE include the Office of Science, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of Nuclear Energy, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
*** In Tables 1-2, the 2009 and 2010 DOD Figures include Congressionally directed funding that is outside the NNI plan ($117 million for 2009).
***** For Tables 1–2, totals may not add, due to rounding.
NNI Budget History by Agency
| Table 2 NNI Budget History by Agency* (dollars in millions) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency |
2001
Actual |
2002 Actual | 2003 Actual | 2004 Actual | 2005 Actual | 2006 Actual | 2007 Actual | 2008 Actual | 2009 Actual |
| DOD |
125 |
224 |
220 |
291 |
352 |
424 |
450 |
460 |
459.0 |
| NSF |
150 |
204 |
221 |
256 |
335 |
360 |
389 |
409 |
408.6 |
| DOE |
88 |
89 |
134 |
202 |
208 |
231 |
236 |
245 |
332.6 |
| DHHS (NIH) |
40 |
59 |
78 |
106 |
165 |
192 |
215 |
305 |
342.8 |
| DOC(NIST) |
33 |
77 |
64 |
77 |
79 |
78 |
88 |
86 |
93.4 |
| NASA |
22 |
35 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
50 |
20 |
17 |
13.7 |
| EPA |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
11.6 |
| USDA (NIFA) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
9.9 |
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| DHHS (NIOSH) |
3 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
6.7 |
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| USDA (FS) |
2 |
3 |
6 |
5.4 |
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| DOJ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
.3 |
2 |
0 |
1.2 |
| DHS |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9.1 |
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| DOT(FHWA) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.9 |
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| TOTAL |
464 |
697 |
760 |
989 |
1200 |
1351 |
1,425 |
1,554 |
1,694.9 |
*Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Acronyms
DHS — Department of Homeland Security
DOC — Department of Commerce
DOD — Department of Defense
DOE — Department of Energy
DHHS— Department of Health and Human Services
DOJ — Department of Justice
DOT — Department of Transportation
EPA — Environmental Protection Agency
FHWA — Federal Highway Administration
NASA— National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIH — National Institutes of Health
NIST— National Institute of Standards and Technology
NSF — National Science Foundation
TSA — Transportation Security Administration
USDA — U.S. Department of Agriculture