b'In the first years of their Ph.D.requirements. INL gains accessAn announcement of recipients program, INL Graduate Fellowsto skilled staff, along with thefor the third round of INL will spend most of their timeopportunity to build long-termGraduate Fellows is expected in taking classes at their university.collaborations with universities,spring 2019. That balance will shift in the lastincrease recruiting opportunities, years of their Ph.D. program,and interact with a continuousGEM FELLOWSwhen INL Graduate Fellows willpipeline of students interning andUniversity Partnerships and INLs spend the majority of their timeconducting research at the lab.Human Resources recruiting at INL conducting research. Both the university and INL have theteam collaborated to bring the There are mutual benefits foropportunity for joint publications andfirst cohort of GEM Fellows to the INL Graduate Fellows,intellectual property. the laboratory. The National universities and the lab.INL Graduate Fellows wereGEM Consortiums mission is Throughout the program, theselected in degree fields thatto increase the involvement INL Graduate Fellows willclosely tie to INLs three missionof underrepresented talent interact and collaborate withareas of innovative nuclear energypursuing a masters or both their INL mentor and theirsolutions, other clean energydoctoral degree in science university thesis adviser. options and critical infrastructure. and engineering, exposing these hidden gems to various The program allows INL toAnnual calls for INL Graduateleading institutions in the United integrate students into theFellows are open to all universities.States. Six new GEM Fellows laboratory and provides INLarrived in 2018 for an internship Graduate Fellows with work onAnnouncements for recipients of INL Graduate Fellowshipsexperience at INL.significant projects that will help them fulfill their thesis researchoccur once per year, typically in the spring.22 |University Partnerships'