Researchers

Oklahoma’s research community is second to none. World class research teams can access OCAST’s various programs to compete for research funding that is made available on a contractual basis to the highest-ranked applicants. The process is competitive and includes the internationally-recognized peer review process that places the best research ideas in position to qualify for the money.

 Applicable Programs

• Oklahoma Applied Research Support (OARS)
• Oklahoma Health Research Program (OHRP)
• Oklahoma Nanotechnology Applications Project (ONAP)
• Oklahoma Plant Science Research (OPSR)

 Helpful Links

• NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) for the 2011 EPSCoR Competition - statewide call for pre-proposals
• Grants.gov
• i2E Inc.
• National Institutes of Health Office of Extramural Research
• National Science Foundation
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
• Oklahoma State University Multispectral Laboratories (UML)
• Oklahoma State University Patent & Trademark Depository Library
• Oklahoma Structural Biology Nexus (OSBN)
  • OSBN overview poster
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• University of Oklahoma Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth

Relevant Success Stories

• Access Optics, Broken Arrow
• Brine Electric, Vici
• Charlesson LLC, Oklahoma City
• Oklahoma State University/Kay Scheets, Stillwater
• Oklahoma State University/Ramanjulu Sunkar, Stillwater
• Oklahoma State University/Rodney Will, Stillwater
• OU Health Sciences Center/Kelly Standifer, Oklahoma City
• Pure Protein, Oklahoma City
• 3 C Cattle Feeders, Mill Creek
• University of Oklahoma/Rong Gan, Norman
• University of Tulsa/Qual-Tron, Tulsa
• University of Tulsa/Surendra Singh, Tulsa