From 1994 until 2003 SNF was part of the 5-university National Nanofabrication Users Network (NNUN). This NSF-funded initiative allowed us and the other members to provide our state-of-the-art fabrication resources to industrial, government and academic researchers across the country. In 2004 this program was expanded to 13 universities, renamed the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), and includes more resources for education and societal impact programs. 

There are over 600 registered labmembers at the SNF; over 200 actively use the facility in any given calendar month. Labmembers come from a wide variety of institutions: Stanford University and SLAC (~60%); other universities and colleges (~15%); and industry and government (~25%). Although the vast majority of labmembers are on-site users of the SNF, a small percentage are "remote users" whom the technical liaisons and process staff will support in their research projects. Most academic users are Ph.D. students working on their thesis research. Most of the industrial users are from small companies, developing and prototyping new products.  The equipment in this laboratory has either been donated by equipment vendors or companies that manufacture semiconductors and other technology products (see plaque near front door), or has been purchased with research funds.