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Government Policies and Initiatives in Nanotechnology Worldwide 2007

Published by: Technology Transfer Centre Ltd.

Published: Aug. 1, 2007 - 216 Pages


Table of Contents


1 INTRODUCTION

2 EUROPE

2.1 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC)

2.1.1 THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES

2.2 GERMANY

2.2.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.2.1.1 Nano-Initiative-Aktionsplan 2010

2.2.1.2 Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWI)

2.2.1.3 Ministry of Science (BMBF)

2.2.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.2.2.1 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

2.2.2.2 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG)

2.2.2.3 Leibniz Association (WGL)

2.2.2.4 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG)

2.2.2.5 Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (HGF)

2.2.2.6 Volkswagen Foundation

2.2.2.7 Centre for Advanced European Science and Research (CAESAR)

2.2.2.8 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

2.2.2.9 VDI

2.2.2.10 Charité

2.2.2.11 Other centres

2.2.3 NETWORKS

2.2.3.1 Competence networks

2.2.3.2 Other networks

2.3 UNITED KINGDOM

2.3.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.3.1.1 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

2.3.1.2 MNT Knowledge Transfer Network

2.3.1.3 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

2.3.1.4 Regional Development Agencies (RDAs)

2.3.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.3.2.1 Capital Facilities

2.3.3 NETWORKS

2.4 FRANCE

2.4.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.4.1.1 Ministry of Research

2.4.1.2 Ministry of Industry

2.4.1.3 National Research Agency (ANR)

2.4.1.4 National Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Network, R3N

2.4.1.5 OSEO

2.4.1.6 Micro and Nanotechnology Observatory

2.4.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.4.2.1 CNRS

2.4.2.2 CEA-LETI/MINATEC

2.4.2.3 ONERA

2.4.2.4 Other centres

2.4.3 NETWORKS

2.5 BELGIUM

2.5.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.5.1.1 Belgium National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)

2.5.1.2 Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)

2.5.1.3 Wallonia Programme Nano

2.5.1.4 Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Scientific-Technological Research in Industry (IWT)

2.5.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.5.2.1 Inter-University Micro Electronics Centre (IMEC)

2.5.2.2 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

2.5.2.3 Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)

2.5.2.4 Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

2.5.3 NETWORKS

2.6 DENMARK

2.6.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.6.1.1 Danish Council for Strategic Research/Danish Agency for Science,

Technology and Innovation

2.6.1.2 Danish National Research Foundation

2.6.1.3 Danish Board of Technology

2.6.1.4 Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health

2.6.1.5 Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation

2.6.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.6.2.1 Danish Technological Institute

2.6.2.2 DFM

2.6.2.3 MIC, Department of Micro and Nanotechnology

2.6.2.4 Riso National Laboratory

2.6.3 NETWORKS

2.7 FINLAND

2.7.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.7.1.1 Ministry of Trade and Industry

2.7.1.2 TEKES

2.7.1.3 FinNano

2.7.1.4 Academy of Finland

2.7.1.5 Ministry of Education

2.7.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.7.2.1 VTT

2.7.3 NETWORKS

2.8 IRELAND

2.8.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.8.1.1 Higher Education Authority (HEA)

2.8.1.2 Enterprise Ireland

2.8.1.3 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

2.8.1.4 Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology

2.8.1.5 Forfas

2.8.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.8.2.1 Tyndall Institute

2.8.3 NETWORKS

2.9 THE NETHERLANDS

2.9.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.9.1.1 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

2.9.1.2 Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM))

2.9.1.3 Council for Applied Research (STW)

2.9.1.4 SenterNovem

2.9.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.9.2.1 Amsterdam nanoCenter

2.9.2.2 3TU

2.9.2.3 Center of Competence (Applications of NanoTechnology)

2.9.2.4 BIOMADE

2.9.2.5 MESA+

2.9.2.6 TNO

2.9.2.7 NMI

2.9.2.8 Energy Centre Netherlands

2.9.3 NETWORKS

2.9.3.1 NanoNed

2.9.3.2 NanoLab NL

2.9.3.3 MicroNed

2.9.3.4 MinacNed

2.10 SWEDEN

2.10.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.10.1.1 Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)

2.10.1.2 Swedish Research Council (TFR)

2.10.1.3 Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova)

2.10.1.4 Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI)

2.10.1.5 The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)

2.10.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.10.2.1 Acreo Institute

2.10.2.2 MAX-lab

2.10.2.3 Swedish Institute for Fiber and Polymer Research

2.10.2.4 EXSELENT

2.10.2.5 Basic and Applied Research in BioNanoTechnology

2.10.2.6 Linnaeus Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering

2.10.2.7 Linnaeus Neuronanoscience Research Center

2.10.3 NETWORKS

2.11 SWITZERLAND

2.11.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.11.1.1 Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI)

2.11.1.2 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

2.11.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.11.2.1 EPFL

2.11.2.2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)

2.11.2.3 Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM)

2.11.2.4 Swiss Federal Office of Metrology

2.11.2.5 Paul Scherrer Institute

2.11.3 NETWORKS

2.12 ITALY

2.12.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.12.1.1 Ministry for University and Research (MIUR)

2.12.1.2 National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA)

2.12.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.12.2.1 National Research Council (CNR)

2.12.2.2 National Institute for Nucleur Physics (INFN)

2.12.2.3 National Institute of Metrological Research (INRIM)

2.12.2.4 Consortium for Material Sciences and Technologies (INSTM)

2.12.2.5 Elettra

2.12.2.6 The Elba Foundation

2.12.3 NETWORKS

2.13 AUSTRIA

2.13.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.13.1.1 Austrian Council

2.13.1.2 Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

2.13.1.3 Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

2.13.1.4 Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)

2.13.1.5 Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (BMNWK)

2.13.1.6 Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour (BMWA)

2.13.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.13.2.1 Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW)

2.13.2.2 Austrian Research Centres (ARC)

2.13.2.3 Erwin Schrödinger Society for Nanosciences

2.13.2.4 Joanneum Research

2.13.3 NETWORKS

2.14 SPAIN

2.14.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.14.1.1 Ministry of Science and Technology (MCYT)

2.14.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.14.3 NETWORKS

2.15 RUSSIA

2.15.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

2.15.1.1 Ministry for Industry, Science and Technologies

2.15.1.2 Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

2.15.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

2.15.2.1 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

2.15.2.2 Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute

2.15.3 NETWORKS

2.16 REST OF EASTERN EUROPE

2.16.1 POLAND

2.16.1.1 Government Bodies

2.16.1.1.1 State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN)

2.16.1.2 National Research Centres

2.16.1.3 Networks

2.16.2 CZECH REPUBLIC

2.16.2.1 Government Bodies

2.16.2.1.1 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

2.16.2.2 National Research Centres

2.16.2.3 Networks

2.16.3 HUNGARY

2.16.3.1 Government Bodies

2.16.3.1.1 Science and Technology Policy Council

2.16.3.2 National Research Centres

2.16.4 ESTONIA

2.16.4.1 Government Bodies

2.16.4.1.1 Enterprise Estonia

2.16.4.2 National Research Centres

2.16.5 ROMANIA

2.16.5.1 Government Bodies

2.16.5.1.1 Ministry of Education and Research

2.16.5.2 National Research Centres

2.16.5.3 Networks

2.16.6 LATVIA

2.16.6.1 Government Bodies

2.16.6.1.1 Ministry of Education and Science

2.16.7 LITHUANIA

2.16.7.1 Government Bodies

2.16.7.1.1 Ministry of Education and Science

2.16.7.2 National Research Centers

2.16.7.3 Networks

2.16.8 SLOVAKIA

2.16.8.1 Government Bodies

2.16.8.2 Research Centres

2.16.8.2.1 Slovakian Academy of Sciences (SAS)

2.16.9 SLOVENIA

2.16.9.1 Government Bodies

2.16.9.2 National Research Centres

2.16.10 BULGARIA

2.16.10.1 Government Bodies

2.16.10.1.1 Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS)

2.16.10.2 National Research Centres

2.17 PAN-EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS

3 ASIA-PACIFIC

3.1 CENTRES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

3.2 NETWORKING

3.3 JAPAN

3.3.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.3.1.1 Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP)

3.3.1.2 Ministry for Education & Science (MEXT)

3.3.1.3 Ministry for Economy Trade & Industry (METI)

3.3.1.4 Ministry for Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)

3.3.1.5 Ministry of the Environment (MOE)

3.3.1.6 Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

3.3.1.7 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)

3.3.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.3.2.1 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

3.3.2.2 Nanomaterials Laboratory

3.3.2.3 Advanced Materials Laboratory

3.3.2.4 Advanced Nano Characterization Center

3.3.2.5 Quantum Dot Research Center

3.3.2.6 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

3.3.2.7 Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM)

3.3.2.8 National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

3.3.2.9 Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

3.3.2.10 Himeji Institute of Technology

3.3.2.11 Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)

3.3.2.12 Kanagawa Institute of Technology

3.3.2.13 Nagaoka Institute of Technology

3.3.2.14 Nippon Institute of Technology

3.3.2.15 Tokyo Institute of Technology

3.3.3 NETWORKS

3.4 TAIWAN

3.4.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.4.1.1 Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)

3.4.1.2 National Science Council (NSC)

3.4.1.3 National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL)

3.4.1.4 Ministry of Education (MOE)

3.4.1.5 Atomic Energy Council (ACE)

3.4.1.6 Department of Health (DOH)

3.4.1.7 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

3.4.1.8 Council of Labour Affairs (CLA)

3.4.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.4.2.1 Academia Sinica

3.4.2.2 Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB)

3.4.2.3 Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

3.4.2.4 Metal Industries Research and Development Center

3.4.2.5 National Center for High Performance Computing (NCHC)

3.4.2.6 National Health Research Institute

3.4.2.7 National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

3.4.3 NETWORKS

3.5 CHINA

3.5.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.5.1.1 Ministry of Education (MOE)

3.5.1.2 Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

3.5.1.3 National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

3.5.2 RESEARCH CENTRES

3.5.2.1 National Nanotechnology Centres

3.5.2.2 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

3.5.2.3 Other centres

3.5.3 NETWORKS

3.6 SOUTH KOREA

3.6.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.6.1.1 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

3.6.1.2 National Nanotechnology Projects

3.6.1.3 Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

3.6.1.4 Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF)

3.6.1.5 Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science & Technology (KRCF)

3.6.1.6 Ministry Of Education and Human Resource (MOE)

3.6.1.7 Ministry Of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE)

3.6.1.8 Ministry Of Environment (MOE)

3.6.1.9 Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)

3.6.1.10 Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA)

3.6.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.6.2.1 National Nanofab Centres/Facilities

3.6.2.2 Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)

3.6.2.3 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

3.6.2.4 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

3.6.2.5 Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)

3.6.2.6 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)

3.6.2.7 Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology (KICET)

3.6.2.8 Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)

3.6.2.9 Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI)

3.6.2.10 Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)

3.6.2.11 Korean Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)

3.6.2.12 Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

3.6.2.13 Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

3.6.2.14 Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)

3.6.3 NETWORKS

3.7 SINGAPORE

3.7.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.7.1.1 A*STAR

3.7.1.2 Economic Development Board (EDB)

3.7.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.8 HONG KONG

3.8.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.8.1.1 Research Grant Council (RGC)

3.8.1.2 Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC)

3.9 AUSTRALIA

3.9.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.9.1.1 Australian Research Council (ARC)

3.9.1.2 Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)

3.9.1.3 Department of Industry Tourism and Resources (DITR)

3.9.1.4 Invest Australia

3.9.1.5 Nanotechnology Victoria (NANOVIC)

3.9.2 NETWORKS

3.9.2.1 Nanostructural Analysis Network Organization (NANO)

3.9.3 RESEARCH CENTRES

3.9.3.1 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO)

3.9.3.2 Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility

3.9.3.3 Australian Synchrotron

3.9.3.4 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

3.9.3.5 Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO)

3.9.3.6 Ian Wark Research Institute (IRWI)

3.10 INDIA

3.10.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.10.1.1 Ministry of Science and Technology

3.10.1.2 Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MIT)

3.10.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.10.2.1 Indian Institute of Science

3.10.2.2 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

3.10.2.3 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

3.10.2.4 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

3.10.2.5 Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC)

3.10.2.6 Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research

3.10.2.7 National Chemical Laboratory

3.10.2.8 National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala

3.10.2.9 National Physical Laboratory (New Delhi)

3.10.2.10 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

3.10.3 NETWORKS

3.11 MALAYSIA

3.11.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.11.1.1 Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)

3.12 VIETNAM

3.12.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.12.1.1 Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)

3.13 IND 180

3.13.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.13.1.1 Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK)

3.13.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.13.2.1 Indonesian Institute of Sciences

3.13.3 NETWORKS

3.14 NEW ZEALAND

3.14.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.14.1.1 Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST)

3.14.1.2 Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST)

3.14.1.3 Royal Society of New Zealand

3.14.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.14.2.1 Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS)

3.14.2.2 Industrial Research Ltd

3.14.2.3 MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

3.14.3 NETWORKS

3.15 THAILAND

3.15.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

3.15.1.1 Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

3.15.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

3.15.2.1 National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC)

3.15.2.2 National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC)

3.15.2.3 National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)

3.15.2.4 Asian Institute of Technology

3.15.2.5 King Mongkuts Institute of Technology Lardkrabang

4 NORTH AMERICA

4.1 UNITED STATES

4.1.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

4.1.1.1 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

4.1.1.2 Funding

4.1.1.3 National Science Foundation (NSF)

4.1.1.4 Department of Defense (DoD)

4.1.1.5 Department of Energy (DOE)

4.1.1.6 DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centres (NSRCs)

4.1.1.7 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

4.1.1.8 HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

4.1.1.9 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

4.1.1.10 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

4.1.1.11 Department of Transportation (DoT/FAA)/Department of Homeland Security

(DHS) 203

4.1.2 STATE FUNDED INITIATIVES

4.1.3 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

4.1.3.1 Brookhaven National Laboratory

4.1.3.2 Los Alamos National Laboratory

4.1.3.3 Naval Research Laboratory

4.1.3.4 Oak Ridge National Laboratory

4.1.3.5 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

4.1.4 NETWORKS

4.1.4.1 National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN)

4.1.4.2 Network for Computational Nanotechnology

4.2 CANADA

4.2.1 GOVERNMENT BODIES

4.2.1.1 National Research Council (NRC)

4.2.1.2 NRC Centers

4.2.1.3 Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

4.2.1.4 Department of National Defense (DND)

4.2.1.5 National Resources Canada

4.2.2 NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRES

4.2.2.1 National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT)

4.2.2.2 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR)

4.2.2.3 Micromachining and Nanofabrication Facility (NanoFab)

4.2.3 NETWORKS

5 GLOSSARY

Abstract

Governments worldwide are now strongly supporting R&D in nanotechnology, with over 30 countries implementing concerted national initiatives and programs. Government spending on nanotechnology worldwide is now at record levels.

Government spending in Nanotechnology worldwide over the next five years will be in excess of US$

Now in its third edition, Government Policy and Initiatives in Nanotechnology Worldwide details the programs and initiatives of over 30 countries worldwide. It outlines the frameworks that have been put in place and the next steps on the path to commercialization.

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