b'I D A H O N A T I O N A L L A B O R A T O R Y F Y 2 0 2 1 L A B O V E R V I E WCOMMUNIT Y EXCELLENCEINL is Improving Quality of Life in Our Community and RegionINL is a leading employer and an economicmentors and ambassadors in STEM education engine for southeast Idaho, generating $2.88and work-based learning. To increase diversity, billion per year in economic activity, andequity, and inclusion in STEM, INL targets spending $229 million with Idaho-basedhistorically underrepresented populations in companies. BEA actively invests in theSTEM fields. Over 46% of INL K-12 education community, donating $566,314 to charities inprograms and initiatives specifically target FY20 and elevating K-12 science, technology,underrepresented student populationsIn June 2021, INL signed a memorandum of engineering, and mathematics (STEM)including rural and remote, economicallyunderstanding with the Shoshone-Bannock education in southeast Idaho. INL providesdisadvantaged, female, and racial/ethnicSchool District, leveraging the capabilities of each institution to form a demonstration project for leadership in education and helps developminorities. To address education and workforcecareer technical education, STEM pathways, and job a future STEM workforce through its K-12inequities with the Shoshone-Bannockplacement of tribal students.STEM in the Lab initiative. As part of a robustTribes, INL works closely with tribal leaders statewide STEM education ecosystem, INLon STEM education programs including the builds a strong STEM foundation by creatingPre-Freshman Engineering Program, STEM high-quality learning opportunities for alllabs, and creating career technical education students, integrating best practices andpathways leading to job opportunities for empowering INL employees to engage astribal students.In March 2021, INL led a team and worked with Idaho Falls Power, the municipal utility serving Idaho Falls, to demonstrate the ability to blackstart five run-of-river hydropower plants and serve critical loads (like hospitals, fire stations, emergency shelters) when the transmission system is experiencing an outage.In FY20, INLs 138+ STEM events reached 17,751 students and 817 teachers andprincipals.INL invests in the state of Idaho through50% of INL subcontracting and purchasing, seekingeducation programs opportunities forand initiatives engagement with small businesses. specifically target underrepresented student populations.25'