Idaho cobalt belt II

The University of Idaho will receive $100,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey to support research under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The two-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2023, will fund complementary research to USGS efforts in classifying public lands and examining their geological structures, water resources, minerals, biological resources, and products. Specifically, the University of Idaho will conduct research in Idaho to advance understanding of the state's cobalt belt, a mineralized region with known deposits of cobalt and other strategic and critical minerals. The award will allow the University to partner with USGS on data collection and analysis that furthers the goals of the Research and Data Collection program in characterizing and assessing the nation's natural resources.