The current volume offers an overview of planning, funding and evaluating nanotechnology initiatives and research centers. It is appropriate for initiative and research center directors, as well as scientists engaged in nanotechnology research.
The volume employs aspects of the Governments GPRA outcome-based model. It views outcomes from the vantage point of regional and national stakeholders, as well as local, state and center administrators. It questions whether the NNI goals of reaching $3 trillion in benefits, and increasing the workforce by ten million new jobs are probable by 2010? While highly supportive of the initiative, it questions the claims and resources being expended. It strongly holds that the U.S. is in the forefront, and the suggestion that it is losing leadership, is more rhetoric than reality. It compares various regions in light of R and D, manufacturing and products being developed at various stages in development.
