Missouri Research Consortium Receives $20 Million Grant from National Science Foundation to Study Impacts of Climate Variability
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“By combining so much of our state’s research capacity and infrastructure in the atmospheric and plant sciences, the Missouri Transect will drive innovation, train a diversified workforce, and catalyze commercial development in areas that are so critical to Missouri’s future.” The project is made up of four interdisciplinary teams.“Missouri’s economy is driven by our diverse natural and agricultural ecosystems, which are affected by climate variability,” said John Walker, professor and director of the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri and principal investigator of the project.Research aims to feed the hungry and improve human health, preserve and renew the environment and position the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science.“The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants and Community” project received funding from the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), a program to support fundamental research, education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and workforce development in areas relevant to the economy.“The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is honored to play a major role in this consortium,” said James Carrington, Ph.D., president of the Danforth Center.“By combining so much of our state’s research capacity and infrastructure in the atmospheric and plant sciences, the Missouri Transect will drive innovation, train a diversified workforce, and catalyze commercial development in areas that are so critical to Missouri’s future.”The project is made up of four interdisciplinary teams.