b'A N N UA L R E P O R T 2021International ResearchersINL participates in the U.S.Partnerships representatives meetCultureWizard, an interactive tool Department of Energyswith researchers when they arrivedesigned to enhance cross-cultural Exchange Visitor Program,at INL, providing information aboutcommunication, collaboration, and which provides internationalthe lab and community activities.interaction.researchers opportunities to useExit interviews are also conductedWith international travel the laboratorys resources. Theto get participants feedbackseverely limited by the COVID-19 program sponsors exchangeon record and discover ways topandemic, opportunities to host visitors on J-1 visas. For INLimprove the program. international visitors were limited researchers, this offers diverseINLs Multiculturals in Leadershipin FY-21. Despite these challenges, perspectives and an opportunityCouncil advocates for internationalINL hosted international visitors to have a higher profile in theresearchers by addressing practicesfrom the Republic of Korea and international community. and factors that impede inclusion.Poland.To help international visitorsThe Leadership Council encourages feel more welcome, Universityall employees to use the INL Academic VisitorsThe Academic Visitors programDespite the challenges posed to brings university researchers whotravel by the COVID-19 pandemic, regularly collaborate with INL toparticipation in the Academic Visitor discuss research topics of mutualprogram remained steady in FY-22 interest. Academic visitors do notand INL welcomed 13 visitors.receive laboratory funding for their work. Visiting researchers may participate in a variety of activities at INL, including but not limited to: In June, Benji Oswald, University of Idahos director of high-performance computing, Guest lectures became an INL Academic Visitor. His work Collaborations with INLfocused on developing INLs Collaborative researchers, funded jointly byComputing Center into a high-performance INL and their university computing environment where researchers, Mentoring INL staff on newIdaho universities and industry explore technologies or research topics computer modeling and simulations to develop new nuclear materials, advance nuclear energy Discussing topics of mutualconcepts and conduct broad scientific research.interest17'