Sec. 116. Signature initiatives in areas of national importance
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The Program shall include support for nanotechnology research and development activities directed toward topical and application areas that have the potential for significant contributions to national economic competitiveness and for other significant societal benefits. The activities supported shall be designed to advance the development of research discoveries by demonstrating technical solutions to important national challenges. The Advisory Panel shall make recommendations to the Program for candidate research and development areas for support under this section.
Research and development activities under this section shall— include projects selected on the basis of applications for support through a competitive, merit-based process; involve collaborations among researchers in academic institutions and industry, and may involve nonprofit research institutions and Federal laboratories, as appropriate; when possible, leverage Federal investments through collaboration with related State initiatives; and include a plan for fostering the transfer of research discoveries and the results of technology demonstration activities to industry for commercial development.
Projects supported under this section shall include projects for which determination of the requirements for applications, review and selection of applications for support, and subsequent funding of projects shall be carried out by a collaboration of no fewer than 2 agencies participating in the Program. In selecting applications for support, agencies may, as appropriate, give special consideration to projects that include cost sharing from non-Federal sources. Research and development activities under this section may be supported through interdisciplinary nanotechnology research centers, as authorized by section 2(b)(4) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7501(b)(4)), that are organized to investigate basic research questions and carry out technology demonstration activities in areas such as those identified in subsection (a).
Reports required under section 2(d) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7501(d) ) shall include a description of research and development areas supported in accordance with this section.
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