The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center
for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) will award a five-year
cooperative agreement totaling $15 million to the University of Maryland
(UMD), College Park, Md., to develop and implement a Postdoctoral
Researcher and Visiting Fellow Measurement Science and Engineering
Program. This program will advance the CNST’s mission to support the
development of nanotechnology by providing as many as 100 researchers
with one- to two-year appointments at the CNST.
Visiting researchers supported by the cooperative agreement will aid
in the development of measurement and fabrication methods, standards and
technology in a wide range of areas including future electronics;
nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing; energy transport, storage, and
conversion; and bionanotechnology.
In addition to providing new research opportunities for U.S.
industrial, university, and government scientists, the funding will
provide training for the next generation of nanotechnologists by
providing recent Ph.D. recipients postdoctoral research opportunities to
work under the mentorship of CNST project leaders and have access to a
state-of-the-art nanofabrication facility, the CNST NanoFab. Under the
terms of the cooperative agreement, UMD will identify candidates for the
available research projects based on cooperatively developed criteria.
The positions are open to all qualified applicants, including non-U.S. citizens.
For more information and to apply, visit the Maryland Nanocenter Web site, http://www.nanocenter.umd.edu/cnst.php.
Media Contact: Mark Esser, mark.esser@nist.gov, 301-975-8735
