If sustainable nanotechnology is to be built on sound science, global research strategies must be supported by innovative policies and accompanied by sufficient funds to do the job. In the US alone, estimates of the necessary funding levels for goal-oriented nanotechnology risk research are between $50 million and $100 million per year – five to ten times the amount invested in 2005.
我们还有很长的路要走。如果要让可持续的纳米技术建立在合理的科学基础上，那么全球的研究战略就必须得到创新的政策的支持以及得到足够的资金支持。单单在美国，预计有明确目标的纳米技术危险性研究必须要有的注资水平每年在5千万到1亿美元之间，这是2005年投资额的5到10倍。