
27510.4 Technology transfer for nanotechnology products
competition. Small Times magazine reported 1455 US nanotechnology companies in
March 2005, with roughly half being small businesses; 23,000 new jobs were created
in small start-up “nano” companies. The NNI Small Business Innovation Research
investment was about $80 million in 2005. More than 200 small businesses, with a
total budget of approximately $60 million, have received support from NSF alone
since 2001. Many of these are among the 600 US nanotechnology companies formed
since 2001. All Fortune 500 companies in emerging materials, electronics, and phar-
maceutical markets have nanotechnology-related ...