NINT Nurtures Collaborative Adventure
Research and industry form a healthy partnership
In 2011, a small local company, specializing in the creation of technologies for preventing and controlling infection, was approached by the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and got much more than they bargained for.
Exciton Technologies had been submitting samples for testing at our facility for years,” explains Dr. Andrew Myles, NINT Project Lead. “We wanted to explore moving from providing technical services to initiating a collaborative project involving new materials development.”
Over the next two months, representatives from NINT’s Innovation Support Program worked closely with the Exciton team exploring collaborative project opportunities. The result was a compelling proposal that was jointly submitted and subsequently funded through the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF) nanoWorks program.
