b'U N I V E R S I T YPA R T N E R S H I P SGraduate Fellowship ResearchersIdaho National Laboratorysa chance to do a deep dive intoIn return, the program offers Graduate Fellowship Programpossible improvements to theINL Graduate Fellows access to offers young researchers theprocess. world-class research facilities and opportunity to engage withA graduate fellowship typicallyseasoned researchers. experts in nuclear science,lasts between three and fiveIn the first year of the program, cybersecurity, energy systems,years. INL Graduate Fellows musta students time is spent taking and more. Graduate fellowsbe accepted into an accreditedclasses through their university. are selected in degree fieldsdoctorate program in a researchDuring this time, their university that align closely with INLsarea related to one of INLs corepays their tuition and fees. mission areas of innovativecapabilities where the student nuclear energy solutions, cleanwill provide two years of their energy technologies, and criticaldoctorate program research to INL.infrastructure.INL awarded graduate fellowships to 26 students from 13 universitiesOnce the student begins the hands-on across the United States in 2021, which turned out to be a yearresearch portion of their program, INL for fine-tuning as applicationspays for their tuition and fees along with were put on hold. This afforded the University Partnerships staffproviding a $60,000 annual salary.INL Graduate Fellow Kiyo Fujimoto is a doctorate candidate in materials science and engineering at Boise State. She said the INL Graduate Fellowship program, allowed for a unique graduate school experience filled with opportunities to learn and grow both as a person and as a scientist. While at INL she has contributed to projects within the scope of Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies and Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation.12'