Oct. 7, 2003 — The National Science Foundation has awarded Rice University business professor Steven Currall an $83,000 grant to study the public’s attitude toward nanotechnology.

Currall, a professor of entrepreneurship and founding director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, received the grant to produce a report, “Societal Implications of Nanotechnology: Assessing Public Trust in Nanotechnology.” Currall is working with Kristen Kulinowski, executive director of Rice’s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology.