Physik Instrumente Announces NanoInnovation Grant

AUBURN, Mass., August 29 -- Entries are being accepted for the Physik Instrumente (PI)-sponsored PI NanoInnovation Grant, an annual program to support research related to nanotechnology, optics and biotechnology.

The $25,000 PI NanoInnovation Grant program will award funding in the form of equipment to US and Canadian researchers to help develop new technologies, products or processes related to the nanopositioning requirements of their innovative research.

PI is a supplier of nanopositioning equipment used in a variety of fields, including life sciences, biotechnology, photonics, fiber optics, aerospace engineering, precision machining and astronomy.

Applications will be accepted from graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at academic institutions and research labs, who, as principal investigators and sponsored by their faculty supervisor, are pursuing research, experimentation or development in which PI nanopositioning equipment and technologies are enabling them to advance their research.

For more information, visit: www.polytecpi.com/NanoInnovationGrant.htm