Nanotechnology Enterprise and Grantsmanship John A. Jaszczak Department of Physics & Multiscale Technologies Institute

Context: MTU Nano Educational Programs 2003 NSF grant –Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education –Understanding agency goals 2004 Nanotechnology Enterprise? 2005 Nanotechnology Minor 2006 NSF NUE Grant- declined 2008 Graduate Certificate in Nano 2008 NSF NUE Grant Implications Science Applications MTU NUE Program

Nanotechnology Enterprise New NSF support –Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education –$200,000 over two years starting Jan ’08 Student run corporation –Hands-on entrepreneurial experience –Develop business model –Education & outreach –Nano product research & design –Societal implications

Projects New Classes/Modules –Intellectual Property Ethics –Scanning Probe Microscopies –Nanotechnology Commercialization –Nanotechnology Business Plan Development Education & Outreach –High School & Middle School Students –Teacher Workshops –Engineering Fundamentals Exploration –Summer Youth Programs

More Projects SPM Educational Samples & Curriculum –Natural crystals, nanotubes, quantum dots, photonic crystals, bio-polymers, catalysts, nano-porous silicon… Lego Mindstorms TM SPM Design, Build and Utilize STM

Advice Propose what you’re passionate about Understand agency’s goals Collaborate Keep Trying- –There are many factors you cannot control Review Proposals –Individual basis –Review panels in DC Keep Trying –There are many factors you can control –There is no substitute for experience