National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure

NNCI Tool Analysis

Breakdown of 2,329 tools across 16 NSF-funded nanotechnology user facility sites — covering tool counts per site, category diversity, and each site's research specializations.

Total tools (NNCI network)

2,329

Across 16 sites & 71 facilities

Largest single site

SENIC

~350 tools · Georgia Tech

Tool categories tracked

5 types

Fab · Char · Imaging · Deposition · Bio

Per-site tool counts estimated from NSF awards, site descriptions, and press releases. Total network count (2,329) confirmed from nnci.net/search/tools.

SENIC

Georgia Tech

~350

RTNN

NC State

~200

nano@stanford

Stanford University

~200

CNF

Cornell University

~190

SHyNE

Northwestern

~180

CNS

Harvard University

~175

MiNIC

U Minnesota

~150

NNI

U Washington

~140

MANTH

U Pennsylvania

~130

TNF

U Texas at Austin

~120

NCI-SW

Arizona State U

~100

SDNI

UC San Diego

~100

KY Multiscale

U Louisville

~90

NNF

U Nebraska-Lincoln

~75

NanoEarth

Virginia Tech

~65

MONT

Montana State U

~50