There are eight NCI-funded Centers of Excellence for the application of nanotechnology to the detection and treatment of cancer called CCNEs (Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence).

1. University of North Carolina
2. University of California, San Diego
3. Emory University-Georgia Tech
4. MIT-Harvard
5. Northwestern University
6. Cal Tech
7. Washington University
8. Stanford University (in collaboration with academic and industry partners)

For more information, see http://nano.cancer.gov/alliance_awards/fact/centers.asp

- From Tradeline's 2006 Summit on Facilities for the Emerging Sciences.