The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has won a $1.5 million competitive Build to Scale grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support the Center for AgTech and Applied Location Science and Technology (CATALST). The project aims to capitalize on the demand for new precision agriculture technologies by tapping into the St. Louis region’s expertise in agtech and location science to fuel innovation and entrepreneurship and advance commercialization.