During 13-15 March 2024, the STEAM Discovery Week hosted joint activities with the participation of bachelor students, teachers and local practitioners. The participation of EU partners ensured the flow of good practice sharing and the bachelor students from ASEM and USM benefited from several workshops and good practice lessons in the related topics of STEAM knowledge.
The final day of STEAM Discovery Week hosted the competition of business plans with sustainability-related subjects, developed by bachelor students from 5(five) partner universities, enrolled in various specializations such as Business & Administration, Engineering and Management, Marketing and Logistics, Finance and Banking, Information Technology, and Engineering and Management in Food Industry. The research themes targeted a wide range of issues from local Economic, Environmental and Social contexts. The event has been organized by the Technical University of Moldova.
The business plans (21) developed by bachelor students were presented and evaluated by the Competition Committee composed of teachers and experts from the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania; Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest, Romania; Lodz University of Technology, Poland, and representatives from the local business sector such as The Moldovan Technology Transfer Network (RTTM), IFAD Consolidated Programme Implementation Unit (CPIU IFAD).
The following business plans were positively appreciated by the Evaluation Committee and awarded accordingly.
| Rank | Title of Business Plan | Partner | Research theme |
| 1st | “Launch of а milk processing line” | Cahul State University “Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu”, Cahul | Economic |
| 2nd | “The sustainable development of the modern business of producing proteins of animal origin from insects” | Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau | Economic |
| 3rd | “Pizza Box” | Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Chisinau | Economic |
| 1st | “InTouch” | Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau | Environment |
| 2nd | “Production of filament for the 3D printer from recycled plastic” | Alecu Russo Balti State University, Balti | Environment |
| 3rd | “Valorization of by-products by obtaining bio-compost” | Cahul State University “Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu” | Environment |
| 1st | “WeDecide” | State University of Moldova, Chisinau | Social |
| 2nd | ” TFS-School quests” | State University of Moldova, Chisinau | Social |
| 3rd | “Entrepreneurship as a way of socio-economic inclusion of disadvantaged people: Growing and commercializing the mushrooms” | Cahul State University “Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu”, Cahul | Social |