A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (2006)
Chapter: Appendix E Acronyms
E
Acronyms
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
BIS Bureau of Industry and Security (Department of Commerce)
CBAN Consultative Board for Advancing Nanotechnology
CBEN Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA)
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DOC Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOJ Department of Justice
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
DOTreas Department of the Treasury
EC European Commission
ED Department of Education
EHS environmental, health, and safety
EIG experimental issue group
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EU European Union
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FHSA Federal Hazardous Substances Act
FS Forest Service
GNN Global Nanotechnology Network (workshop)
HHS Health and Human Services, Department of
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITC International Trade Commission
ITIC Intelligence Technology Innovation Center
IWGN Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology
LCA life cycle analysis
MOU memorandum of understanding
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCN Network for Computational Nanotechnology
NEHI Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (working group of the NSET Subcommittee)
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIRT Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NSF program)
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NNAP National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel
NNCO National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
NNI National Nanotechnology Initiative
NNIN National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NSF program)
NRC National Research Council
NRL Naval Research Laboratory
NSECs Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers (NSF program)
NSET Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (Subcommittee of the NSTC)
NSF National Science Foundation
NSP Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI)
NSRC Nanoscale Science Research Centers (DOE program)
NSTC National Science and Technology Council
NTP National Toxicology Program
NTRC Nanotechnology Research Center (NIOSH)
OMB Office of Management and Budget
ORD Office of Research and Development (EPA)
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PCA program component area
PCAST President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
R&D research and development
REACH Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (multiagency program)
STAR Science to Achieve Results (program)
STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
STTR Small Business Technology Transfer (multiagency program)
SWNT single-wall carbon nanotube
TA Technology Administration (Department of Commerce)
TAG technical advisory group
TF task force
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
USPTO U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Department of Commerce)
VC venture capital
WG working group
