The USS Missouri Memorial Association received a $20,000 grant from Monsanto in support of its science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, educational programs.

The grant will fund staff training and acquisition of educational material for new programs focusing on weather, navigation, mass density, buoyancy, magnetism and electricity.

"We are fortunate to have great partners in the community like Monsanto who value the continuation and expansion of STEM programs," said Michael Carr, the Missouri’s president and chief operating officer, in a news release.

More than 11,000 students each year take part in the memorial’s educational programs, such as its overnight encampment experience aboard the battleship.

The grant, announced Tuesday, comes from the Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Co., which has operations in Hawaii on Maui, Molokai and Oahu.