R&D

Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded $20 Million Grant to Develop AI Farm of the Future

The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program has awarded a five year, $20 million grant to scientists at the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The grant money will ... Read More

Video: Welcome to SouthPointe Business Park

Located in western Missouri, on the outskirts of Missouri’s second largest city, Kansas City – home to half a million people – the SouthPointe Business Park is an 67 acre certified ... Read More

Washington University Leads Worldwide Effort to Test MMR Vaccine in Fight Against COVID-19

Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri, is leading an ambitious, worldwide study to see if giving adults the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, a common vaccine administered to ... Read More

Life Science Company Invests with New Facility, Jobs in Missouri

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a life science company, has opened a new 3,500 sq. ft. facility in St. Louis, Missouri, as part of an ongoing investment that could potentially create up to ... Read More

Missouri Announces Statewide Apprenticeship Matching Service

The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently announced the start of a new statewide apprenticeship matching service that helps employers ... Read More

Video: Welcome to Trogdon Industrial Park

Located in the southwest corner of Missouri, near Springfield, the state’s third largest city, Trogdon Industrial Park is home to approximately 100 heavy manufacturing and distribution certified acres. A certified site ... Read More

Video: Welcome to Washington County Industrial Park

Located in southeastern Missouri, the Washington County Industrial Park is a 212-acre certified industrial park zoned for light, medium and heavy industrial use. There are also an additional 300 acres of ... Read More

Missouri Governor Officially Declares September 2020 Workforce Development Month

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has officially declared September 2020 Workforce Development Month to promote higher education and job training programs across the state. In an official proclamation, Governor Parson said “Missouri ... Read More

Missouri’s Unemployment Rate Drops – Economic Recovery in Full Swing

Unemployment numbers released this month show that Missouri’s Show Me Strong Recovery Plan is working. The state’s unemployment rate is more than 3% lower than the federal unemployment rate of 10.2% ... Read More

Missouri Cities Rank Best in Midwest for Startups

Multiple Missouri cities topped the list in a new ranking of the best Midwest cities for startups in a report published by M25, an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago. M25 ... Read More