Before Bill Clinton left office, he authorized 2001 an 84% increase in the government's investment in nanotechnology research and development, National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/New/html/20000121_4.html and made it a top priority.
This governmental increase has been combined with non-governmental organizations (NGO) and grant programs. These NGOs have been creating partnerships with existing governmental agencies and masking initiatives as Federal and State grant reward programs.
I've no idea what this partnership between the NGOs and our governmental offices means. Are we part of the UN? Is that why and how the NGO money is getting into our government departments?
Who is calling the shots then?
The CFRs for grant monies that grantees apply for have terms and conditions that state the GRANTOR (NGO) has ownership.
So what were the terms and conditions of the governmental offices partnering with these funders????