About IFN
The Institute for Functional Nanomaterials is a research centre in the field of functional nanomaterials.
It is managed by the Resource Center for Science and Engineering and has active participants from four campuses of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR).
The institute was established in 2007 with a $9 USD million NSF grant over 3 years in the reserve round, and an institutional contribution from UPR in the amount of $3.9 USD million over the three-year duration of the grant.
Recent news
Nanodays 2009 - Highlights
The Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (IFN) and the NASA Center for Advanced Nanoscale Material (CaNM) join over 200 Sites Nationwide in NanoDays The Nation’s Largest Public Outreach Effort in Nanoscale...
2nd Puerto Rico NSF/RII EPSCoR/IFN Annual Meeting
The 2nd Annual Meeting for EPSCoR/ IFN will be held Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Mayaguez Resort and Casino Hotel. This agenda is in PDF format. In order to...
Nano Retreat 2009
The Retreat to Develop the Next Phase of Puerto Rico EPSCoR RII/IFN will be held Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Mayaguez Resort and Casino Hotel. This agenda is in...
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27/3/2009
Este año la química y directora del Centro de Recursos para la Ciencia y...
NanoSummer Camp 2009
Desde el 8 de junio al 10 de julio de 2009 se celebrará el internado de NanoSummer Camp en la Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras.
Auspiciado...
Internado de Física - Nanotecnología 2009
Desde el 15 al 26 de junio de 2009 se celebrará el internado de Nanoteconología en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras.
Auspiciado por el Instituto...
Nanodays 2009
The Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (IFN) and the NASA Center for Advanced Nanoscale Material (CaNM)
Join over 200 Sites Nationwide in NanoDays The Nation’s Largest...
Workshop for High School Physics Teachers
A nuestros colegas les extendemos una cordial invitación a participar en el taller "An Insider's Look into the World's Largest Radio Telescope" ofrecido por la Universidad de Cornell en el...
New IFN logo fabricated using Electron Beam Lithography
The IFN has developed a new version of its nano logo. This new logo was fabricated using Electron Beam Lithography acting on a polymeric film of polymethylmethacrylate by Dr. Ruben...
Brain drain in Puerto Rico
"...there is definitely a brain drain in Puerto Rico. About 40% of engineers who graduate from UPR Mayaguez go directly to work in the mainland U.S."... To read more download...
Start-up funds
The IFN will provide resources for the assignment of up to five start-up awards per year, of up to $200,000 for a 2-year period during the 3-year duration of the project. The awards will be made to new faculty on a competitive basis. The RII will make special efforts to recruit women nanoscientists through this mechanism, and expect to recruit at least 5 new women nano scientists during the duration of the project. Each applicant will be required to prepare a research and professional development proposal to achieve research competitiveness; the proposal will be externally peer-reviewed; then the RII Task Force will make the final award decision, based on the programmatic needs of the research Clusters and the long range objective of developing the IFN Institute. The objective of this program is to bootstrap the number of competitive nanoscientists in Puerto Rico by recruiting up to 15 new members to strengthen the IFN clusters and their evolution toward interdisciplinary research groups.
Fellowships
The IFN will provide funds for twelve Ph.D. and six postdoctoral fellows per year. These fellowships have the dual purpose of advancing the research agenda of the IFN Clusters and increasing the number of people working on Nanoscience and Technology in the IFN Clusters and in PR. The IFN researchers, or the applicants themselves, can apply for the fellowship competition. The IFN is committed to actively search and recruit women to the graduate and postdoctoral fellowship programs. All applicants will submit their academic record and a professional development plan. The postdocs will also have to submit a research plan. The RII Task Force will peer review the submitted documents for academic merit, and will make the final selection from among the most meritorious cases, based on the programmatic needs of the Clusters and the evolving IFN research plan, as well as to ensure the diversity of the selected fellows. In addition to the six postdocs, two postdocs will be selected to work specifically in the testbed initiatives of the IFN projects.
