Affiliated Research Centers & Institutes
(headquartered at Northwestern University)

• Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE)
• Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)
• Chemistry of Life Processes Institute (CLP)
• Institute for Bionanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM)
• Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes (ICEP)
• Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN)
• Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC)
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC)
• National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT)
• Non-Equilibrium Energy Research Center (NERC)
• Northwestern Institute for Sustainable Practices (NiSP)
• Northwestern Institute of Complex Systems (NICO)
• Northwestern Synchrotron Research Center
• Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center
• Northwestern University Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
• NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (RHLCCC)
• Center for Quantum Devices (CQD)

(headquartered at other institutions)

• Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) - Argonne National Laboratory
• Network for Computational Nanotechnology (Purdue)
• Biologically Inspired Materials Institute (Princeton)

Research Groups
(headquartered at Northwestern)

• DURINT: Ultrasensitive and Selective Chip-Based Detection of DNA
• MURI: Multidimensional Surface-Enhanced Sensing and Spectroscopy
• NIRT: Design of Nanoporous Materials for Enantioselective Single-Site Catalysis and Separations
• NIRT: Interphase Design for Extraordinary Nanocomposites: Multiscale Modeling and Characterization
• NIRT: Multiscale Modeling of Nanowire Growth - From Atoms to Wires

Research Groups
(headquartered at other institutions)

• MURI: Computational Models for Belief Revision, Group Decisions, and Cultural Shifts (Whitman Richards, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• MURI: Friction and Wear Sciences for a Highly Durable Railgun Weapon (Chadee Persad, University of Texas)
• MURI: Quantum Imaging: New Methods and Applications (Robert Boyd, University of Rochester)
• NIRT: Design of Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Probing Living Cellular Functions and their Potential Environmental Impacts (Xiaohong Nancy Xu, Old Dominion University)
• NIRT: Molecular and Electronic Devices Based on Novel One-dimensional Nanopore Arrays (Zhi Chen, University of Kentucky)
• NIRT: Molecule/Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices (David Janes, Purdue University)
• NIRT: Science and Technology of Ultranocrystalline Diamond Films for Multifunctional MEMS/NEMS Devices (Zhen Chen, University of Missouri)
• NIRT: Structure of Nanocrystals (Simon Billinge, Michigan State University)

National Laboratories

• Argonne National Laboratory
• NASA Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
• Sandia Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Government Agencies

• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• NASA Nanotechnology
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
• National Institutes for Health (NIH)
• National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• National Science Foundation
  

Academic Partners

• Columbia University Medical Center
• Harold Washington College
• Purdue University
• Rush University Medical Center
• Stanford University
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• Yonsei University (English)

Industrial Partners

• Abbott Laboratories
• Agilent Technologies
• Air Liquide
• Applied Biosystems
• Arryx
• BASF
• Baxter Healthcare
• Carl Zeiss
• Ciba Specialty Chemical
• DuPont
• FEI Company
• JEOL
• Motorola
• NanoInk
• Nanosphere
• Ohmx
• Praxair
• Rohm and Haas
• Veeco Instruments

International Partners

• Air Liquide
• BASF
• Carl Zeiss
• Ciba Specialty Chemical
• Ajou University (English)
• Bar Ilan University (English)
• Chalmers University (English)
• CINVESTAV
• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• Institute of Microbial Technology
• Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
• Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
• Linkoping University (English)
• Moscow State University (English)
• Nagoya University (English)
• Nanyang Technological University
• Universidad de la Plata
• University of Exeter
• University of Konstanz (English)
• University of New South Wales
• University of Sydney
• Yonsei University (English)

Museum Partners

• Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
• Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISENet)