b'N AT I O N A LU N I V E R S I T Y P R O G R A M SDirectors MessageAs the workforce enters the post- INL has earned a top spot in the pandemic era and celebrates aFirsthand/Vault Best Internships return to normality, Idaho National Laboratory continues to grow.rankings nationwide for theIt currently employs more thanlast five years. 5,700 researchers and mission-enabling employees. INLs NationalThe updated internship rankings place INL as the third University Programs directoratein engineering internships and 14th in energy and has the important role of buildingrenewables. Once again, INL was the only national Michelle Thieland fostering meaningfullaboratory to make the list.Binghamrelationships with universitiesFirsthand, the premier career-building website MBA, CCP University and colleges across the nation tothat releases a list of the most prestigious and best Partnerships director empower the lab to attract thecompanies for internships each year, surveyed more scientific and technical talentthan 11,400 current and former interns in the summer needed to address the Departmentof 2022 to compile its 2023 rankings. of Energys mission needs. In fiscal year 2022, INL registeredNational University Programs purpose remains consistent growth with a rise ofconstant: to expand the labs resources and widen 8.5% in our internship program andits impact. Bringing in talented faculty, interns and 7.4% in the postdoctoral researchpostdocs matters. Since 2014, 17% of former interns programs. There was a notablebecame INL employees, and 72.4% of postdocs who increase in our visiting researchers,finished their assignments joined the lab. At the end with a jump of 161.5%. INL hostedof fiscal year 2022, former INL National University a total of 721 program participantsPrograms participants accounted for 8.7% of full-time from 180 institutions from the U.S.staff and 13% of staff in mission directorates.and around the globe. The laboratory actively sustains With the ever-increasing numberinclusion and diversity efforts. of interns, INLs skilled recruiters and technical staff helped improveINL is home for many cultures that contribute to candidate pools for the alreadythe future talent pipeline and bring new ideas robust intern program whileand perspectives. During this fiscal year, INL had also ensuring that colleges and12% increase in people of color and 63% overall universities undergraduate andgrowth since FY 2017. We are also increasing female graduate students were aware ofparticipation in all levels at the lab and keeping a employment opportunities uponsolid number of women among our intern (33%) graduation. This helps INL addressand postdoc (20%) populations. We are preparing workforce needs.undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs to be part of our team. We use professional 2'