American Rare Earths partners with University of Wyoming

American Rare Earths (ARRNF), through its fully owned subsidiary Wyoming Rare Inc., in partnership with the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources has been selected for a Seed Translational Acceleration of Research Project award. This competitive funding, provided through UW’s National Science Foundation (Accelerating Research Translation award, will advance the assessment of potential byproducts associated with rare earth elements at the Halleck Creek Project in Wyoming. The STAR Project awards are a core component of the NSF-funded ART project at UW, which aims to emphasize applied research innovations across the university that have high potential for commercialization. “The intent is to fund projects on a milestone-driven basis with usable outcomes for the industry partner at the end of the project,” says Parag Chitnis, UW’s Vice President for research and economic development, and the principal investigator of the ART grant. “These projects will serve as a basis for training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, while simultaneously advancing tangible research that directly impacts development projects in Wyoming.”