The US National Science Foundation has selected the University of Missouri System Critical Materials Crossroads as a recipient of the NSF Regional Innovation Engines Program, which comes with up to $160 million in funding.
Critical Materials Crossroads is driven by a coalition of more than 260 partners spanning higher education, industry, entrepreneurship, government and community and workforce development organizations in Missouri and Kansas.
The UM System said in a press release that this is potentially the largest in Missouri’s higher education history.
The press release goes on to say that the Critical Materials Crossroads is expected to create approximately 10,000 jobs by 2036 across manufacturing, research and development, logistics, engineering, construction and workforce training that will generate real economic growth for Missouri and the broader region.