NanoRelease Supporting Organizations
The NanoRelease projects (Consumer Products and Food Additives) received direct financial support in amounts ranging from $500 to just over $100,000. Total direct funding between 2011 and 2016 was approximately $720,000. The largest single donors were Environment Canada, American Chemistry Council, Health Canada, Pew Charitable Trusts, US EPA, and ILSI Research Foundation. All fundraising by Richard Canady.
Funding organizations:
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environment Canada
- American Chemistry Council, Nanotechnology Panel
- Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates
- US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- The Adhesive and Sealant Council
- American Cleaning Institute
- US Food and Drug Administration
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- ILSI North America
- ILSI Research Foundation
- The Coca Cola Company
- Illinois Institute of Technology Institute for Food Safety and Health
- Nanotechnology Industries Association
In-kind contributors
In addition, many participants of the project provided in-kind contributions valued approximately as much as the direct funding. The in-kind participation was provided at the initiative and request of the Steering Committees of the projects.
Workshop space and AV/food/facilities support
- US EPA
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC),
- Health Canada,
- Pew Charitable Trusts
Time and materials for laboratory sampling and analysis
- Nanocyl SA (Belgium)
- Health Canada
- National Research Council Canada
- US NIST
- BASF SE (Germany)
- US EPA
- Korean Institute of Standards and Technology,
- Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V., (Germany)
- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
- Leitat Technology Center (Spain)
And time and travel funding for well over 100 experts to participate in 5 workshops, >12 papers, 2 sampling protocols and dozens of presentations.
This project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Federal Department of the Environment.
Ce project a été réalisé avec l’appui financier du Gouvernement du Canada agissant par l’entremise du ministère fédéral de l’Environnement.