twitter.com/NSF facebook.com/US.NSF instagram.com/nsfgov MISSOURI FACT SHEET FY 2020 FAST FACTS $64,194,000 $51,353,000 $12,841,000 $1,261,000 Total NSF awards Invested in fundamental Invested in STEM Invested in Missouri to Missouri research in Missouri education in Missouri startups through NSF’s small business program TOP NSF-FUNDED ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FOR FY 2020 $20,447,000 $20,315,000 $7,800,000 Washington University University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri S&T NSF BY THE NUMBERS The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an $8.5 billion independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense. NSF’s vital role is to support basic research and researchers who create knowledge that transforms the future. 7 MISSOURI FACT SHEET NSF-FUNDED RESEARCH FIGHTING COVID-19 Congress provided NSF with funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 in the CARES Act of 2020 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. For more information on NSF’s COVID research, visit NSF’s award database and COVID funding reports. COVID-19 RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT | A small business in Missouri was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project to implement an artificial intelligence method for use in medical imaging of COVID-19 cases, including diagnosis of the disease, prediction of disease severity, and measurement of treatment response. This project will advance the understanding of medical imaging practices, utilizing best practices for training, validating, and deploying AI applications. In addition, the imaging AI platform developed for creating COVID-19 algorithms will be broadly useful for a wide range of other radiology applications. STEM EDUCATION STEM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | An NSF Major Research Instrumentation award to Missouri State University assisted in the acquisition of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. In general, mass spectrometry is one of the key analytical methods used to identify and characterize small quantities of chemical species in complex concentrations, for example, to identify organic matter in environmental samples. The acquisition strengthens the research infrastructure at the university and regional scale, and it will also be used for educational programs targeting women and first-generation college students since no academic institution in southwest Missouri has a mass spectrometry capability. RESEARCH DRIVING WORKFORCE INNOVATION FUTURE OF WORK | With an emphasis on two-year colleges, NSF’s Advanced Technological Education program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive the nation’s economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and industry to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. St. Charles Community College plans to educate agriculture technicians through the implementation of two, newly designed programs: Associate of Science Degree in Plant Science, and Associate of Science Degree in Natural Resources. The project will be a critical step in addressing the urgent need for agricultural skills education programs locally, to meet the demand for a qualified, prepared agricultural workforce in the region. INFRASTRUCTURE LEARN MORE • Researchers at the University of Missouri have • NSF70 – In 2020, NSF commemorated its 70th developed two robotic systems, the Vinobot and the anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the publication Vinoculer, to study how corn maintains root growth of Science - the Endless Frontier. Watch the highlight during drought conditions. The mobile robots have video for NSF’s seven decades of funding the best and brightest ideas that have transformed our lives and sensors and robotic arms to collect data across the established the U.S. as a science and technology leader. plant system and assess resistance to environmental stressors. • NSF FACT SHEETS – NSF provides fact sheets about the agency and its bold investments in basic research. NCSES These fact sheets profile NSF investments in research • According to the National Center for Science and across all fields of science and engineering, including Engineering Statistics (NCSES), which is housed in NSF, quantum, artificial intelligence, and advanced Missouri ranks 15th in Business R&D performance. Visit manufacturing, and the NSF-supported research and Missouri’s science and engineering state profile to computing infrastructure powering the U.S. response learn more! to COVID-19. • CONNECT WITH NSF – For more information on NSF’s 4.58% of Missouri’s workforce are employed in impact in your state, please contact NSF’s Office of S&E occupations. Legislative and Public Affairs at congressionalteam@ nsf.gov. 6.73% of Missouri’s industries offer high-level science, engineering and technology occupations..