NSEC: Nanotechnology in Society Project-Nano Connection to Society

NSEC：纳米技术社会项目-纳米与社会的联系

• 批准号: 0531146
• 负责人: Richard Freeman
• 金额: $ 172.5万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0531146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSEC; Nanotechnology; Society; Project; Nano

NanoConnection to Society will achieve five major tasks: pilot development of NanoEthicsBank; pilot development of NanoEnvironBank; conceptualization of NanoConnection.net; design and validation of NanoIndicator series; and studies of patent flow & distribution. Taken together these tasks will provide valuable knowledge about nanotechnology to help decision-makers, including the general public, make evidence-based decisions on how the US can use the technology for the benefit of citizens as employees and consumers, with appropriate consideration of potential risks. They will also lay the groundwork for a fully operable NanoConnection.net that would provide one-stop connection and integration for the new and existing databases (e.g., NanoBank.org) and many other features to be developed in this project.The intellectual merit of this program is based on the creation of new knowledge in four areas: (a) the synthesis and extension of existing knowledge about ethical issues in nanotechnology research and applications; proactive and reactive responses to these issues by firms, universities, professional groups, and other organizations; and the resilience and responsivity of the system to emergent problems and concerns; (b) the synthesis and extension of existing knowledge about environmental, health, safety, and security impacts of nanotechnology; (c) documentation of the levels and changes over time of the geographic distribution within the US and among countries of nanotechnology-related patents, their inventors, and assignees using innovative measures of the quality of individual patents; and (d) development and validation of the empirical relevance for policy, research, and public information of NanoIndicators which will cover nano-entrepreneurship and commercialization, public trust, nano-workforce, and rhetorical indicators of community and commercialization. A core set of NanoIndicators will be automated and maintained on a near real-time basis.The broader impacts of this program will flow from creation of an information infrastructure, which will inform and bridge the gaps in knowledge that exist among disciplines regarding nano-scale technology. This infrastructure will both produce new information and improve the flow of information among people and organizations, helping to meet the growing demand for information about nanotechnology in policy making and economic investments as well as useful information in implementing responsible nanotechnology. This should strengthen the ability of the United States to continue to lead in developing and making appropriate commercial use of nanotechnology, taking into account identified societal risks and opportunities.

纳米连接将达到五项主要任务：纳米伦理银行的试点发展；纳米环铁银行的飞行员开发；纳米连接的概念化;纳米辅导器系列的设计和验证；以及专利流与分配的研究。 结合这些任务将提供有关纳米技术的宝贵知识，以帮助包括公众在内的决策者对美国如何利用该技术来利用公民作为员工和消费者的利益，并适当考虑潜在风险。 They will also lay the groundwork for a fully operable NanoConnection.net that would provide one-stop connection and integration for the new and existing databases (e.g., NanoBank.org) and many other features to be developed in this project.The intellectual merit of this program is based on the creation of new knowledge in four areas: (a) the synthesis and extension of existing knowledge about ethical issues in nanotechnology research and applications;公司，大学，专业团体和其他组织对这些问题的积极和反应性回应；以及系统对新出现的问题和关注的韧性和响应； （b）纳米技术的环境，健康，安全和安全影响的现有知识的综合和扩展； （c）使用具有创新的个人专利质量的创新措施来记录美国境内和纳米技术相关专利，发明家和受让人的水平和变化； （d）对纳米辅助者的政策，研究和公共信息的经验相关性的发展和验证，这些政策，研究和公共信息将涵盖纳米企业家和商业化，公共信任，纳米工人以及社区和商业化的修辞指标。将在几乎实时的基础上自动化和维护一组核心辅助器。该计划的更广泛影响将从创建信息基础架构的创建中引起，这将为和弥合有关纳米级技术学科之间存在的知识差距。 这种基础设施将产生新的信息并改善人和组织之间的信息流，有助于满足对政策制定和经济投资中纳米技术的信息不断增长的需求，以及实施负责任的纳米技术的有用信息。 考虑到确定的社会风险和机会，这将增强美国继续领导和适当地使用纳米技术的商业使用的能力。