Our Sparkling Science project “Functional feed for cows – added value as nutritional value” aims to develop a process for processing feed for dairy cows in a step-by-step experimental setup in collaboration with researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and students from the Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute for the chemical industry Rosensteingasse in Vienna and the Admont Stiftsgymnasium will be further developed. To do this, the entire procedure is first tested and optimized in vitro using several chemical-analytical methods. At the same time, the resulting chemical structural change in the starch on the grain is examined using an ultramicroscope. In the second year, the optimized process will be examined on animals at the LFZ in Raumberg-Gumpenstein, with particular attention to the nutritional and metabolic health status of the cows. Students from our agricultural school and the Admont collegiate high school will carry out the physiological measurements on animals independently in small working groups under scientific supervision. In a broad, multidisciplinary approach, students in all areas are given the opportunity to develop solutions in their own area of ​​the project on their own responsibility, but under professional guidance. This project improves the interdisciplinary networking of research and collaboration between different educational institutions, but also between individual disciplines, and promotes interdisciplinary learning.