Gov. M. Jodi Rell‘s revised budget will include $5 million to support industry-university partnerships in nanotechnology research, central to medicine, the defense and energy industries, and materials science at Yale University and the University of Connecticut.Â
The funds will establish Centers of Nanoscience in Connecticut’s two leading research universities. These centers will both be accessible by industry, faculty and students outside each institution. The Yale center will be oriented towards the application of nanotechnology to bioscience while the UConn center will be focused on material science.
“We want to provide Connecticut researchers and nanotech companies with access to state-of-the-art equipment and talent that would be too expensive for them to afford on their own,” Gov. Rell said in a statement. “This can keep Connecticut on the cutting edge of research, and that research can lead to job growth five, 10, and 20 years down the road.”
