Through the Nanotech Conference Series, the NSTI has made partnerships or received endorsements from a large range of significant nanotechnology industries or initiatives including; Defense Advanced Project Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), Sloan Foundation, Electron Device Society (IEEE-EDS), Nanotech-Inst of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Physical Society (APS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Ceramics Society, Swiss Nanotechnology Initiative, State of Massachusetts, State of Texas, and over 250 participating, sponsoring or exhibiting technical and financial companies.