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The Discursive and Operational Foundations of the National Nanotechnology Initiative in the History of the National Science Foundation (2009)

Gallo, Jason (Author)

Perspectives on Science
Volume: 17
Pages: 174--211
Publication date: 2009
Language: English

Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on the history of nanotechnology

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Nanotechnology Government sponsored science Societies; institutions; academies 20th century, late United States National Science Foundation (U.S.) National Nanotechnology Initiative (U.S.)

e National Science Foundation's (NSF) role in, and influence on, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) can best be understood through an examination of the NSF's history. Because of the NSF's weakened position at its founding in 1950 and obstacles faced throughout its history, the NSF developed a discursive strategy that focuses on making a causal link between support for basic science and societal benefits, and an operational strategy focused on growing its constituency through infrastructural support. The hallmarks of both of these strategies are present in the NNI.

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