STEM support and initiatives across the state of Indiana have been a top priority over the last 15 years! Through early partnerships between Lilly, IDOE, & Purdue University’s Indiana Science Initiative (ISI), the I-STEM Resource Network was forged. These partnerships created the original Indiana STEM Action Coalition which initially worked toward an Indiana STEM Education plan. Over several years of ongoing support, new partners came on board to support the efforts, including the Indiana Afterschool Network, the Marion County STEM Coalition, Rolls-Royce Corporation, and others.  In 2017, after many attempts to secure state funding and legislative language to support STEM efforts in Indiana, an Indiana STEM Council was formed, and after 18 months of development, published the Indiana 6-year STEM Strategic Plan. During this time, the original Indiana STEM Action Coalition group, grew to over 450 members across Indiana and changed its name to the Indiana STEM Ecosystem. It continued to seek grant funding to support its mission of developing, supporting, and “standing up” regional STEM ecosystems to improve STEM literacy, ensure a strong workforce and global competitiveness for all Hoosiers, and support diversity, equity and inclusion in a thriving STEM workforce.   During 2020 the legislature supported the newly-developed Indiana STEM Strategic Plan by passing an additional total of $24,500,000 in state funding explicitly earmarked for STEM education. As previous funding streams for the Indiana STEM Ecosystem work dried up, a new partner emerged through CIESC and Keep Indiana Learning, and STEM Synergy was born!