This fact sheet outlines the five competitive assets identified as the Mizzou Advantage and explains the purpose of Mizzou Advantage....

During a three-year process, University of Missouri faculty, students and alumni identified the top five competitive assets, or key strengths, that set MU apart from other universities. Collectively, these assets are called the Mizzou Advantage...

Brief biographies of the facilitators for the five strategic areas of Mizzou Advantage as well as the Education Coordinator for Mizzou Advantage are presented in this document....

This brochure profiles the five post-doctoral fellows working with the Mizzou Advantage teams....

The goal of the Mizzou Advantage is to raise MU's stature and impact by enhancing our activities in the five areas in which we have world-class research and education programs today and building networks of very high-achieving individuals...

For the second round of Mizzou Advantage grants, nearly 140 proposals were received totaling over $5 million in requests. Mizzou Advantage will fund 16 seed and 12 network projects; additionally, the Chancellor's Fund for Excellence will fund ten...

In response to the initial Mizzou Advantage RFP for network and fellow proposals, seventy-eight submissions were received. Twenty-six proposals were funded, with PIs and Co-PIs representing dozens of disciplines....

The second call for proposals for Mizzou Advantage grant funding requests two types of proposals: network grants and seed (formerly "fellow") grants. Network grants foster communication between scholars in diverse areas, helping focus thinking...

, unveiled his $23 billion state budget that included a 12.5 percent cut to higher education. That would translate to a $21 million decline to Mizzou in state appropriation when compared to the previous year, when MU received $166 million. In March, Nixon...

"MU defines its key areas of competitiveness."...