The International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University represents and unites more than $1 billion in nanoscience research, educational programs, and supporting infrastructure. Twenty-eight startup companies have been launched based on IIN research. Under the leadership of renowned chemist Chad Mirkin, the IIN brings together exceptional researchers across multiple disciplines to make groundbreaking scientific and technological advances. The IIN has a deep talent pool of more than 180 faculty members from 32 academic departments and four schools at Northwestern University, as well as a network of more than 3,000 affiliated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. IIN-affiliated faculty members include a Nobel laureate and 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts & sciences, among many other prestigious scientific organizations. By connecting talented, driven researchers with the world’s most advanced facilities and equipment, providing educational opportunities for the next generation of scientists, and supporting the translation of innovative technologies from the lab to the marketplace, the IIN is at the forefront of a field that has been described as “the next industrial revolution.”