Project Grant 2342578

This $1,496,642 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of Cincinnati in scaling up a transdisciplinary STEM education model across Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. The project will expand the university's Innovation Hub to 10 high schools and 4 university internship sites, providing students with opportunities to study animal behavior and apply it to the design of autonomous robots. Student interns will also engage in biological and engineering research under the mentorship of university faculty. The project aims to promote students' scientific inquiry skills, STEM interest and self-efficacy, and teachers' implementation of transdisciplinary curricula responsive to local contexts. Sub-awards are planned to support this scaling and expansion effort across the tri-state region.