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Participate in the ISN
The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) at MIT is
seeking industrial partners to join its mission to provide
unprecedented protection and survivability to the individual
soldier through nanotechnology, as part of the U.S. Army's
future Objective Force Warrior program. Industry partners
will collaborate with the ISN to:
- Perform cutting edge research to discover and enable
producibility of nanotechnologies that impart revolutionary
protection and survivability in a dramatically lighter weight uniform.
- Accelerate transitioning of ISN inventions to
enable large quantity, affordable production of new technologies
for the soldier.
In addition to three founding industrial members already in
place, industry partners can participate in the ISN Consortium
at three different levels, based
on the size of the company and the degree of collaboration
desired: Major Industrial Members, Small Business Industrial
Members, and Interested Industrial Participants. Each member
will bring enthusiasm for the ISN vision, one or more needed
competencies in research or commercialization, and financial
co-investment. Benefits to companies
who participate in the ISN include access to new technologies,
collaboration with MIT researchers, and opportunities to compete
for substantial Army funding for transitions (6.2 funds).
Companies wishing to collaborate with the ISN send an email
to isn@mit.edu. Companies
may be invited to attend the next ISN Day, expected to to
occur in the Fall of 2006. The last ISN Day was held on May 19, 2005.
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